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One of our employment law attorneys was recently asked this question. Under the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), the answer is typically yes. If an employer lets other employees schedule time off in one hour increments to come in late or leave early, then the...
So who among us has talked to G-d … and actually gotten a verbal response? Depending on your faith, there’s Moses, Abraham, Isaac, David, Joshua, Jacob, and some others on the list that I’m probably forgetting. However, I’m pretty certain that Peggy Scruggs, a dietary...
Our employment sexual harassment attorneys often monitor various case verdicts so that we know what cases are worth. While we know how much our cases settle for, they are mostly covered by confidentiality provisions – which prevent us from using them in these blogs....
Catering to the request of a customer is not a defense to a racial discrimination claim. A recent case out of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit nicely illustrates this rule of law. In Chaney v. Plainfield Healthcare Center, the defendant, Plainfield...
Let me start of by saying that I think highly of many employment defense attorneys. (Heck, I used to be one in a former life.) Many are honest. Many have their clients’ best interest at heart. However, the reality is that defense attorneys are slaves to the billable...
As an employment discrimination attorney, it is easy to simply say that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Ohio Unlawful Discriminatory Practice Statute, R.C. § 4112.99, prohibit religious discrimination in employment. Obviously, you can’t fire someone...
Most individuals do not need to speak with an employment attorney to know that, under the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), qualifying employees can take up to twelve weeks of unpaid medical leave during a one year period to treat a serious medical condition...
As our employment discrimination attorneys often see happen, an employer decides that it wants to retaliate against an employee or discriminate against an employee for some illegal, unlawful or other nefarious purpose. But, the employer realizes that such conduct...
When an employer is found liable for failure to pay his or her employees minimum wages or overtime compensation, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) mandates the imposition of liquidated damages on the employer. This means that the plaintiff’s award of back-pay is...
Our employment sexual harassment attorneys are always looking for ways to keep the public more informed as to employee rights and how an employee can protect him or herself in the event that they are subjected to illegal behavior under Ohio or federal law. The topic...
Our employment law attorneys have been warning employees of the dangers of posting work-related and especially potential lawsuit-related information on Facebook for quite some time, and our continued warnings should go without saying for most people. We, however, have...
According to the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, in order to support a claim for age discrimination, there must be a “significant” age difference between the terminated employee and his or her replacement. In Blizzard v. Marion Technical College, the plaintiff,...
Our employment lawyers are often faced with the employment discrimination and retaliation equivalent of the age old chicken and the egg debate. Specifically, a fired employee says that he or she was fired after raising complaints about unlawful race, gender, national...
One of the most recently-recognized protected classes is pregnancy. Pursuant to Ohio and federal law, it is unlawful to discriminate against an employee or applicant for employment on the basis of that person’s pregnancy. Specifically, Ohio Revised Code § 4112.02(A)...
As an employee, you may have had to use medical leave either to care for yourself or for a loved one. If eligible, you may have taken medical leave under the Family Medical Leave Act which grants employees a designated amount of unpaid medical leave during the...
Under Ohio law, it is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an employee on the basis of that person’s race, color, religion, sex, military status, national origin, disability, age, or ancestry. Ohio’s employment discrimination statutes generally only...