Jul 17, 2012 | ADA, Disability Discrimination, Discrimination, Retaliation, Uncategorized, Wrongful Termination
The ADA and ADAAA If you have a disability, you are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12101, et seq. (1990), and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA). These acts protect disabled but otherwise...
Jun 22, 2012 | ADA, ADEA, Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Discrimination, Employee Handbooks, Employment Contracts, Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Title VII, Uncategorized, Wrongful Termination
Being terminated from a job is never a pleasant experience. Many people feel their dismissal was unfair or they feel they have been wronged. When tensions are high and accompanied by a wide range of emotions, it may be difficult to determine what the next step is....
Jun 15, 2012 | ADEA, Age Discrimination, Discrimination, Retaliation, Uncategorized, Wrongful Termination
What is the ADEA? The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634, et seq. (1967), protects older workers from discrimination in the workplace. Discrimination has historically been based on “inaccurate and stigmatizing stereotypes“or...
Mar 21, 2012 | ADA, Disability Discrimination, FMLA, Retaliation, Uncategorized, Wrongful Termination
The FMLA causes confusion among both employers and employees, partly due to the notice requirements that it mandates for both employees seeking to take FMLA leave and for employers that have an employee asking to take leave for reasons that may fall under the...
Jul 16, 2011 | FLSA, Overtime, Retaliation, Uncategorized, Wage & Hour Issues
The U.S. Supreme Court’s March 22, 2011 ruling in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain resolved a long-standing question of whether oral complaints are protected from the FLSA’s anti-retaliation provision, which prohibits employers from firing an employee because the...
Apr 26, 2011 | FMLA, Retaliation, Uncategorized
The Family & Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“FMLA”), 29 U.S.C. §§2601-2654, makes it unlawful for covered employers to terminate or otherwise discipline an eligible employee for taking up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave (or 26 weeks to care for a covered servicemember...
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