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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of l964 requires employers to reasonably accommodate the religious practices of an employee or prospective employee, unless doing so would create an undue hardship upon the employer. However, how is an employer supposed to know if the...
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) makes workplace harassment and discrimination based on disability unlawful. Yet, many employers still just do not get it. A few days ago, Toys R Us, settled a disability discrimination law suit based on its refusal to...
As a little Halloween treat, we depart from the scary acts of discriminating and harassing employers. Instead, we turn to a little movie magic potty humor with an employment bent. (Click Picture or Link to Watch Clip). In Austin Powers, when he is shoving serial...
When people think of Halloween, most think about costumes, trick-or-treating, pumpkins, and other fun traditions. Many employers celebrate the holiday with an office Halloween party. Whether they are a potluck lunch event or a full-scale catered endeavor held in the...
The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals who are regarded (or perceived) as having a disability. Under the ADA, an employer must provide a reasonable accommodation to any qualified job applicant or...
We got a call from a potential client a few weeks back. Without going into the specifics of the case, there was clear discrimination that lead to a wrongful termination. As our employment discrimination lawyers do with ever potential client, we spend a lot of time...
As many individuals may have heard in the news, in June of this year, the American Medical Association (“AMA”) adopted a new policy officially labeling obesity as a disease. As an employment lawyer, my mind immediately drifted to how the AMA’s new label for obesity...
If you have questions or are unsure how to address your disablity with your employer, or do not know how to request an accomidation, the worst thing to do is nothing or to guess. Call a disability employment attorney before you lose rights that you might not know...
On September 11, 2013, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced that it had filed suit against Memphis Foods, LLC (“Memphis Foods”), the owner of a Memphis KFC restaurant, for sexually harassing and retaliating against a 16-year-old female...
Transgendered people are thought by many inhabit the outskirts of mainstream society. They are often unfairly marginalized, ridiculed, and even dehumanized. It is perhaps unsurprising, given this history, that transgendered people have not often found much refuge in...
Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firm employment attorneys have repeatedly blogged about how broad the definition of disability has become since President Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAA) into law. The ADAA significantly changes...
As anyone who works in an industry that is customer service based will tell you, sometimes the customer isn’t always rights. Our employment discrimination lawyers have blogged about the Tonya Battle case, where a hospital gave into the racial prejudices of a patient;...
Last week, our employment discrimination attorneys blogged about a gender discrimination case brought by a female employee that was discriminated because the employer perceived her to not fit its typical gender stereotype. Specifically, in that case, the Eighth...
Ohio Revised Code § 4112.02, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 make it illegal for employers to discriminate against their employees based on the employee’s national origin or ethnic background. Our employment discrimination...
This blog is about the great Free Parking Debate. My 12 year old daughter came home from one of her friend’s house astonished at the indignity of the rules that her friend insisted applied to a game of Monopoly. You see, in our house, you start the game putting $200...
The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) requires that employers pay all employees, with few exceptions, at a rate equal to or greater than the federal minimum wage. Additionally, the FLSA requires employers to pay most employees time-and-a-half for any hours worked...