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Today, your friendly neighborhood employees’ rights attorney is going to take a few lessons from the case of Andrew Rudnicki v. Farmers, a lawsuit that was filed in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. The plaintiff-employee, Rudnicki had been the...
The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) is a federal law that requires all covered, nonexempt employees be paid at least the federal minimum wage per hour, plus time and one-half for all hour worked beyond 40 per workweek. (Best Law Read: Is An Assistant Manager Exempt...
The dictionary defines antisemitism to mean “hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people.” The Anti-Defamation League defines antisemitism as “The belief or behavior hostile toward Jews just because they are Jewish. It may take the form of religious teachings that...
What laws protect me from sexual harassment in the workplace? Best Sexual Harassment Attorney Answer: Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, employees and applicants are protected from sexual harassment in the workplace. Sexual harassment, which is a form of...
Sometimes, the only thing that you can do is shake your head and shrug your shoulders when a judge makes a ruling that does not make any sense. There is a reason that no trial attorney with any intelligence and experience never guarantees a client a win. There are...
Our disability discrimination lawyers have blogged a lot about what is considered a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). (Best Law Read: Best Attorney Answers: Does My Employer Have to Accommodate My Epilepsy?; Is A Heart Attack...
Can I be fired for reporting my manager’s sexual advances to me? Best Sex Harassment Lawyer Answer: An employer cannot legally retaliate against any employee who reports sexual harassment in the workplace. Specifically, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes...
Can the company that I work for retaliate against me for reporting discrimination or harassment at work? Best Employment Lawyer Answer: Recently, our employment discrimination lawyers blogged about retaliation claims. (Best Law Read: Why Retaliation Is The Easiest...
What does adverse employment action mean? Best Employment Lawyer Answer: An adverse employment action is a specific level of negative conduct taken by an employer against an employee to satisfy the elements of an employment claim. Black’s law dictionary defines...
What does the ADA protect for employees? Best Employment Lawyer Answer: The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) makes it unlawful for employers to engage in workplace discrimination against disabled employees or applicants in all facets of employment including...
What evidence do I need to sue my employer for discrimination? Best Employment Discrimination Lawyer Answer: One of the big issues at an employment discrimination trial is to show that the employee was treated differently that similarly situated employees of a...
On June 6, 2022, the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, which is in the Seventh Circuit issued an opinion in Brown v. Green County, No. 20-CV-1100-SLC, 2022 WL 1978734 (W.D.Wisc. June 6, 2022) involving a case where an employee alleged...
Today, we look at two fresh cases in the employment law realm: Collis Sumbak v. Eaton Corp. (No. 21-11106, 2022 WL 1928777, (11th Cir. June 6, 2022)) and Angela Williams v Illinois Dept. of Human Services (No. 21 C 112, 2022 WL 1988988, (N.D. Ill. June 6, 2022)). In...
Over the past decade here at Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firm, our attorneys have been dedicated in assisting current and former employees of all races who have been victims of racial discrimination in the workplace. That is because laws prohibiting race discrimination...
Yesterday, I blogged about the victory that Fred Bean, the partner in charge of Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firm’s Cleveland office before the Eighth District Court of Appeals in Anderson v. Accuscripts Pharmacy, L.L.C., 2022-Ohio-1663 (8th Dist.), which overturned the...
Readers of this blog will know that attorneys at Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firm have their concerns with the Federal Arbitration Act, or the “FAA” for short. (See Step 1: House Passes Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act; US Supreme...