Jul 8, 2013 | Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Title VII, Uncategorized
Last week, the Supreme Court delivered an opinion in Vance v. Ball State University, answering the question of who qualifies as a “supervisor” under Title VII; their decision is going to have a big impact on dozens of active employment law cases. Title VII of the...
Jun 19, 2013 | Employee Handbooks, Employee Rights, Social Media, Uncategorized, Wage & Hour Issues
Have you checked your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, Reddit, and email accounts today? A lot of employees have; more and more are finding themselves in hot water because of it. Inappropriate use of social media can prevent you from getting...
Jun 12, 2013 | Equal Pay Act, Gender Discrimination, Uncategorized, Wage & Hour Issues
Monday marked the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, a landmark piece of legislation designed to eliminate pay discrimination against women that paved the way for many other anti-discrimination laws. President Kennedy originally signed the bill into law on June...
Apr 8, 2013 | ADEA, Back Pay, Damages in Employment Law Cases, Front Pay, Liquidated Damages, Uncategorized
Today is my third and final posting in the three-part series “What Is My Case Really Worth?” For my final posting in this series, I will be focusing on employment age discrimination cases under the ADEA. The ADEA protects certain applicants and employees...
Apr 1, 2013 | Back Pay, Damages in Employment Law Cases, FMLA, Liquidated Damages, Reinstatement, Uncategorized
This is the second post in a series I’m working on called “What is My Case Really Worth?” This post focuses on Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) cases. As you may know, the FMLA entitles an employee who has been working with a...
Mar 26, 2013 | FMLA, Title VII, Uncategorized
Today and tomorrow the United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument on how America defines marriage. It is unlikely that the final written decision will be issued until June so we will have to wait until then to find out. If the Supreme Court establishes a...
Mar 25, 2013 | ADA, Back Pay, Compensatory Damages, Damages in Employment Law Cases, Disability Discrimination, Front Pay, Pregnancy Discrimination, Punitive Damages, Reinstatement, Sexual Harassment, Title VII, Uncategorized
The focus of this post is on the remedies available for Title VII (gender, race, national origin, religion discrimination) and ADA (disability) cases. Title VII gender cases also include sexual harassment and pregnancy discrimination. Some, if not most, damages that...
Mar 17, 2013 | ADA, ADEA, Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Discrimination, Employee Handbooks, Employment Contracts, FLSA, FMLA, Gender Discrimination, Overtime, Pregnancy Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Title VII, Uncategorized, Wage & Hour Issues, Wrongful Termination
This is a common question that employees often ask. The situation is often something along these lines…. “I have been working for X company for Y number of years (generally more than three) and have always had good performance appraisals and no...
Feb 12, 2013 | Severance Agreements, Uncategorized
Sometimes employers will offer a month or two’s worth of pay in exchange for a waiver of all claims that you might have against the employer in perpetuity. You should consider speaking with an attorney before signing any form of severance agreement. The problem...
Feb 5, 2013 | ADA, Disability Discrimination, FMLA, Uncategorized
Twenty years ago today, President Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act into law, which went into effect August, 5, 1993, six months later. The bill was a major part of President Clinton’s agenda in his first term. In the past twenty years, the FMLA has...
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