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Our employment discrimination lawyers recently had an employee ask us, “as an atheist, am I protected from religions discrimination?” What do atheist “believe” in? Atheism literally means “without gods” (“a” “theism”). Generally, Atheists are simply people who do not...
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...
Abercrombie & Fitch keeps testing the reach of the religious discrimination provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and continues the pay the price for doing so. After being forced by a jury to pay a Muslim job applicant who was not hired after she...
Case Western’s Law School is facing some internal heat from one of his Professors, Raymond Ku, who has sued the University and its Dean, Lawrence Mitchell, claiming he was retaliated against for reporting possible sexual harassment by the Dean towards a female...
The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) requires that employers pay their employees 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 beyond 40 hours per...
Agilysys, a California software company, thought it could avoid paying its employees overtime by incorrectly classifying them as exempt. The employees disagreed with Agilysys, called qualified wage and hour lawyers, and filed suit. In Jones et al v. Agilysys, Inc....
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...