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Being pregnant doesn’t mean you’re untouchable at work. Just ask Lauralee Richmond. In Richmond v. Team One Contract Services, L.L.C., No. 24-40815, 2025 WL 2206981 (5th Cir. Aug. 4, 2025), she claimed pregnancy discrimination after getting fired while seven months...
Let’s say you’re a tenured law professor at a prestigious law school. You’ve got the job security with tenure that most people only dream about. But then you disrupt a student conference, yell at the dean’s assistant, publicly blast your colleagues through a faculty...
Sometimes, your own words can come back to haunt you—especially if you say the wrong thing to the EEOC. Just ask Adam Gomez. When he filed an charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) against his employer, he checked the box that said he was not...
Can your employer legally remove you from your job because of disability discrimination by claiming you are a safety risk—even when your own doctors clear you? The answer, according to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in Baldwin v. Union...
When Kassandra Memmer went to work for United Wholesale Mortgage (“UWM”) in 2019, she had no idea what was ahead. While employed as a mortgage underwriter, and according to her employment discrimination lawsuit, Memmer faced sexual harassment from a coworker, gender...
Some employees believe that once they report race/color discrimination, they have a shield against getting fired. And they do - but only from being retaliated against for reporting the racial discrimination. But that anti-retaliation protection can quickly crumble if...
“I would never hire a white person under my watch.” “A white girl ... would never get a position under her watch.” In most employment discrimination cases, there is no smoking gun. Most employers are smart enough to hide bias behind carefully worded evaluations or...
If you’re wondering, “Can my employer ignore my religion and fire me?”—you’re probably dealing with something deeply personal and unjust, likely religious discrimination or the failure of your job to provide you with a religious workplace accommodation. The short...
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), a failure to accommodate occurs when an employer refuses or fails to provide a reasonable accommodation that would allow a qualified employee with a disability to perform the essential functions of their job. That...
Today, I want to talk about something that really grinds my gears and that you as a potential employment law plaintiff should be very wary of – contractually shortened statutes of limitations. Unless you are an avid reader of this blog, you may be unaware that...
If you’re an employee wondering, “Can my employer make me go to arbitration months after I’ve filed a lawsuit?” — you’re not alone. Many workers are shocked to learn that buried in their hiring paperwork is an arbitration agreement their employer never mentioned—until...
Getting caught lying to your employer is never a good idea. It is the workplace version of lighting a match in a fireworks factory—you are not going to like the outcome. Whether it is calling off sick to go to a ballgame (and then showing up on TV), posting beach...
Short answer: yes, and sometimes legally. This is especially true if you do not properly document your disability and ask for a workplace accommodation. Just because an employee has a disability does not mean they are protected from being fired. Not all firing of...
If employment discrimination laws were a game, they would be Sudden Death. One wrong move—one missed deadline, one skipped deposition, or one badly written complaint—and your entire claim could vanish for good. Just ask LaChelle Bowers, whose entire race/color...
You know how every office has that one person who treats team meetings like they are the star of a reality show reunion special? Now imagine that person is your boss. And she turns off the air conditioning in the middle of a scorching Arizona summer—not for cost...
Absolutely not. Employers often try to avoid paying overtime by slapping the word “salary” on an employee’s paycheck, but this tactic does not magically erase wage and hour rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In the recent case Keefe v. Britt’s Bow Wow...