Recent Blog Posts
How Employers Discriminatorily Raise The Bar: Worker Must Be “Twice As Good” As Employees Of Different Race
Having practiced employment law for more than twenty years, our race discrimination lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that disparate treatment is the most common type of racial discrimination in the workplace. As the U.S. Supreme Court in Teamsters v. United States, 431 U.S. 324 (1977) observed, “disparate treatment . . . is the… Read More »
A Common Pretextual Reason For Firing Employees: The Phantom Employee Or Customer Complaint
Through their decades of experience litigating wrongful termination cases, our wrongful termination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that employers mask their discriminatory motive by proffering pretextual reasons for firing employees. To prove their case in the employment discrimination context, employees must establish that the proffered reason for their termination is a pretext. As… Read More »
How Employers Attempt To Explain Away A Hostile Work Environment: The Harassment Was “Just Joking”
Through their decades of experience representing hostile work environment harassment victims, our employment discrimination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that employers’ resort to a broad array of disingenuous defenses against hostile work environment harassment claims. In the context of racial and national origin harassment claims, employers invariably contend, even in the most egregious… Read More »
How Employers Attempt To Use Courts To Destroy The Evidentiary Value Of Discriminatory Comments
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than twenty years, our employment lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that employers have attempted to use the judiciary for decades to destroy the evidentiary value of discriminatory comments. As part of their relentless efforts over the decades to transform the judiciary into their corporate legal department…. Read More »
Can A Pattern Of Discipline Against An Older Worker Create A Hostile Working Environment?
Through their decades of experience handling age discrimination cases, our age discrimination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that older employees are often treated differently and less favorably from younger employees. One area where older workers are routinely treated worse than younger employees is disciplinary action. In far too many cases, older employees face… Read More »
Taking On The Employer’s Judicially-Created Shield & Sword: The Employment At-Will Doctrine
Having litigated employment law cases for more than twenty years, our employment lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that the judicially-created employment at-will doctrine gives employers almost absolute power over the employment relationships with their employees. In its original pristine form, the judicially-created employment at-will doctrine means that an employer can fire an employee… Read More »
When Can You Sue for Wrongful Termination?
Most employees in Florida, including workers in Marion and Citrus counties, are generally considered “at-will,” meaning an employer can terminate them at any time and for almost any reason. However, this right is not unlimited. Florida law, along with federal laws and regulations, protects employees from being fired for discriminatory or retaliatory reasons. Understanding… Read More »
One Of The Employer’s Bagful Of Retaliatory Weapons: The Performance Improvement Plan
Through their decades of experience representing retaliation victims, our wrongful termination lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that many employees who lodge discrimination complaints are targeted for retaliation. When targeting employees for retaliation, employers have a bagful of retaliatory weapons at their disposal, including disciplinary action, reduction in pay, disadvantageous transfer, and demotion. When… Read More »
Piercing The Employer’s Disingenuous Retaliation Defense: The Decision-Maker Did Not Know Of Complaint
Having litigated employment discrimination cases for more than two decades, our wrongful termination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that many employers exploit judicially-created rules that provide them with a factual basis for obtaining dismissal of employment discrimination claims. Perhaps the most fertile area of employer exploitation involves judicially-created rules that require employment discrimination… Read More »
The Mythical Employer Sexual Harassment Defense: The Victim Must Report The Harassment
Having represented sexual harassment victims for more than two decades, our sexual harassment lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that employers frequently proffer legal arguments in sexual harassment cases that are merely employment law myths. One employment law myth routinely proffered by employers is they cannot be held liable for hostile work environment sexual… Read More »
