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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...
There are many factors as to why and for what an employment lawsuit or claim should settle. Today we are going to break that down a bit. What is my employment case worth? Best Employment Lawyer Answer: It depends. If you actually find an article online or a part of a...
In today’s blog, I address the law surrounding forced retirements, age discrimination and wrongful termination. So, if you have been asking, “Can the company that I work for force me to retire even if I’m not ready?” – then this is the blog you have been waiting for....
Recently, in Anderson v. Accuscripts Pharmacy, L.L.C., 2022-Ohio-1663 (8th Dist.), attorney Fred Bean, the partner in charge of Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firm’s Cleveland office, had the opportunity to address whether epilepsy is a disability under Ohio’s...
What does disparate treatment mean? Disparate treatment means: “The practice, esp. in employment, of intentionally dealing with persons differently because of their race, sex, national origin, age, or disability.” Black’s Law Dictionary (11th ed. 2019). (Best Law...