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The focus of today’s blog will be a recent case that deals with employment at-will, wrongful termination, various forms of discrimination and what it takes to win an employment law claim. However, the most important aspect of today’s blog will not be found in or even...
What is the purpose of the ADA? Disability Discrimination Lawyer Answer: The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) was enacted to allow disabled individuals equal access to the working world. As we all know, money doesn’t grow on trees, which means every capable...
Our attorneys have blogged about hostile work environments in the past (Best Law Read: What is a Hostile Work Environment.) Today, we’re going to look at what qualifies as a hostile work environment based on race/color under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964....
Can I get my manager fired for lying about discriminating against me? Employment Discrimination Attorney Answer: Yes. Unfortunately, there are lots of bad bosses out there. Some bosses bully their employees and even engage in discrimination. Here at Spitz, The...
Our employment attorneys have previously blogged about how employees prove race/color, religion, gender/sex (including pregnancy and LGBTQ+ status), national origin, and disability claims against their employers. (Best Law Read: How Do You Win A Wrongful Termination...
Employees not being paid for all the hours they worked and not being paid overtime properly is a common issue our wage and hour attorneys examine here at Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firm. Wage Theft is a substantial issue facing employees in the modern workplace, with...
A lot of people like stores that provide a good return or refund policy. “Don’t like the results after 90 days, send the rest back and we’ll give you a full refund.” I’m embarrassed to say that I know someone that returned a kitchen table set to Costco six years after...
In the past, our employment attorneys have addressed the issue of damages and how we calculate them arising out of wrongful termination and other forms of employment discrimination. (Best Law Read: What Kind of Damages Can You Get for Wrongful Termination and...
Labor and employment law is a broad, and complicated beast. It encompasses a myriad of claims including Workers’ Compensation retaliation and interference, discrimination, retaliation, FMLA violations, and wage and hour violations. One thing all of these claims have...
As our employment attorneys at Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firm have discussed previously, retaliation claims are considerably easier to prove than race/color, religion, gender (including pregnancy and LGBTQ+ status), national origin, and disability discrimination...
In recent years, there has been a surge in the support of movements that seek to highlight and oppose racism and various forms of race discrimination. One such movement is Black Lives Matter (“BLM”). The vast majority of BLM supporters promote the cause by wearing...
In the working world, everyone functions in a different way. When these functions are affected by a disability, whether it be physical or mental, sometimes employees need a little help from their employers to ensure they can perform the essential job functions of...
It is unlawful to pay employees less to do the same job simply based on the employees’ race/color, religion, gender/sex (including pregnancy and LGBTQ+ status), or national origin. Often times, our team of attorneys hear from employees reporting that “I’m Black and...
What is a tip pool? Best Wage and Hour Lawyer Answer: An employer creates a “tip pool” when they combine some or all of the tips given by customers to tipped-wage employees like servers or bartenders, and then redistribute this money by some set percentage to those...
Our employment attorneys frequently blog about how employees prove race/color, religion, gender/sex, LGBTQ+ status, national origin, and disability discrimination claims against their employers. (Best Law Read: How Do You Win A Wrongful Termination Claim?; How Do You...
Recently, our employee’s rights lawyers have blogged about various reasons why you shouldn’t file charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) alone. (Best Law Read: Don’t File With The EEOC On Your Own; It’s Bad To File With The EEOC Without A...