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When a new client retains us to handle their case, one of the first things the attorneys at Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firmadvise the client is not to post about his or her case on social media websites. A recent case provides a good reminder of precisely why we...
We posts blogs about recent developments in the law and to answer questions that our employment discrimination lawyers are asked about employee rights. Very infrequently do we post blogs on complaints that are filed or accusations that are made – mostly because...
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, makes it unlawful for employers to discriminate based on an employee’s pregnancy. As pregnancy and maternity leave employment discrimination attorneys, we have seen...
Some employers try to avoid claims for illegally discharging employees by offering a severance agreement. In most cases, even if the employer offers a nominal amount, say $100, and the employee accepts it and signs a release waiving claims, those claims are gone...
A big misconception among employees is that they are only entitled to unpaid medical leave if both they and their employer qualify under the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”). Our employment lawyers know that this is simply not true. Under the Americans with...
In most of the employment discrimination cases that our employment law firm sees, the plaintiff-employee is seeking money damages. In these types of cases, the most common barometer of damages is the plaintiff’s back-wages and lost benefits. But what if the plaintiff...
Have you ever wondered if you should be considered an employee versus an independent contractor? Do you receive W2s? 1099s? Do you work out of your home versus in an office? These factors, as well as several others may determine whether your employer has correctly...
As an employment discrimination attorney, I severely dislike informing potential and current clients that it is technically not illegal, in Ohio or on a Federal level, for employers to discriminate against potential and/or current employees based upon their sexual...
Dr. Zane Hurkin was hired at the age of 81, and then fired 8 days later. Dr.Hurkin’s employment discrimination lawsuit avers that his supervisor asked him a number of age-related questions during the job interview in January 2010 including, “Why do you want to work at...
This is a typical question that our employment attorneys get from pregnant women about whether their husbands can take off work to share new baby duties (or doodies as the case may be). The law does not discriminate against daddies. While typically called maternity...
One of the attorneys at the Spitz Law Firm was recently confronted with an interesting question: does an employee belonging to a union need to first file a formal grievance for his or her employer’s violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) before bringing a...
As employment law attorneys, we regularly are encounter situations in which employees believe that they were not treated equally, in respect to their fellow coworkers. What few people employees realize, however, is that the complained about treatment must be applied...
In an interesting case involving a claim for retaliation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), the United States Supreme Court answered the disputed question of whether complaints made pursuant to the FLSA retaliation provision had to be in writing or not. The...
This question was recently posed to our employment discrimination lawyers. The answer is yes. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it unlawful for a labor organization to “discriminate against” or “fail or refuse to refer for employment any individual, in...
Let’s start off acknowledging something. I’m sure that many readers, whether employers or even employees, still think that that deaf people cannot ever safely be lifeguard. Before we get to the legal analysis part of this blog, consider this: “The world record for...
One of the questions the attorneys at the Spitz Law Firm are frequently asked is what accommodations must an employer make for a disabled employee? The answer – not surprisingly – depends on the employee’s disability, as well as the particular facts and circumstances...