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Many people go to work and just want to work. They clock in, keep their heads down, avoid the office drama, eat lunch, work some more, go home, and repeat. Most employees aren’t trying to stand up for anyone else or make waves. They’re not looking to become the star...
Since COVID reshaped the workplace, remote work has exploded. Employees now clock in from bedrooms, kitchen tables, airports, and yes—other countries. With work happening everywhere, many employees assume that employment discrimination laws automatically follow them...
When an employee needs to take leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), the fear of whether an employer will punish that choice is very real. In Patricia Haran v. Orange Business Services, Inc., 2025 WL 3275122, the United States Court of Appeals for the...
Overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) should be simple: when employees work more than forty hours, the employer must pay time-and-a-half. Yet overtime issues, wage theft schemes, and suspicious wage changes show up in workplaces every day. If you are an...
Gender Discrimination in employment law rarely arrives with a neon sign. Instead, it often shows up dressed as a performance review that does not match reality, a surprise evaluation after years of positive work, or a manager who suddenly claims that an employee is...
Employees often want to know whether their manager or boss’s uncomfortable or unsettling behavior automatically qualifies as sexual harassment. The Answer: not unless the conduct is actually based on sex. The law does not protect employees from weird managers, strange...
Reporting unsafe or dishonest practices at work should make you a hero, not a target. Yet many employees fear that speaking up will put a spotlight on them—and not the good kind. In Ziparo v. CSX Transportation, Inc., 2025 WL 3275465, the United States Court of...
Can an Employee’s Story Alone Win a Race Discrimination Case? Sometimes yes—but only when the employment discrimination is blatant. If a boss says, “I don’t want any Black people working here,” or tells an employee, “I’ll never promote a [racial slur],” that kind of...
When an employee reports sexual harassment or employment discrimination at work, the law should protect them from retaliation—not reward the harasser. Unfortunately, some employers still wrongfully fire, demote, or discipline employees who speak up against harassment...
When an employee must choose between their job and caring for a loved one with a serious health condition, the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) was designed to make sure they do not have to. Under employment law, there are two types of claims under the FMLA:...
“No one really knows how the game is played, The art of the trade, How the sausage gets made… We just assume that it happens In the room where it happens.” — Hamilton: An American Musical Aaron Burr’s words in Hamilton capture a feeling many employees know all too...
Why Does Having The Right Employment Lawyer Make A Difference? If you believe you have suffered race/color discrimination or have been the victim of a wrongful termination, the last thing you want is to lose your case before it even gets started. Unfortunately, that...
Last Wednesday, I was sitting at lunch networking group when the conversation turned to my work in employment law. One person across the table asked me, “What about reverse discrimination?” As I started to explain that “reverse discrimination” is an outdated term —...
In Ashraf Mustafa v. Ford Motor Company, No. 24-1763, 2025 WL 2720988 (6th Cir. Sept. 24, 2025), the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit considered how Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964’s statute of limitations and pleading standards apply to...
Can A Judge Really Say African American Does Not Mean Black—And That Calling Someone “Monkey” Is Not Racist? Some race discrimination cases are very clear. However, that does not stop some judges from messing it up. The District Court actually decided that when Thomas...
Remote work has become one of the biggest workplace disability discrimination issues of our time. What started as an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic quickly turned into a long-term question: should employees with disabilities have the right to work from...