Recent Blog Posts
Classic Employer Retaliation: Looking For A Reason To Fire Employees Who Exercise Employee Rights
When wanting to act on a retaliatory motive, our employee rights lawyers in Sumter County, Florida have learned, employers will look for a reason to fire employees who exercise their employee rights. As the court in Hornfischer v. Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, 136 So.3d 703 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014) observed, “an employer does not… Read More »
How to Apply for FMLA Leave
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is an important benefit for workers in Citrus County. This federal law, first enacted in 1993, allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave each year for a personal or family situation such as a medical issue or childbirth. When it comes to… Read More »
Do Positive Performance Evaluations Matter In Wrongful Termination Cases?
Having litigated wrongful termination cases for more than two decades, our wrongful termination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida have learned that unsatisfactory or poor work performance is the most common reason proffered by employers for terminating employees. For several reasons, employers rely upon unsatisfactory or poor work performance as a go-to reason for termination…. Read More »
Are Discriminatory Remarks Made As A Joke Evidence Of Discrimination?
In employment discrimination cases, our employment discrimination lawyers in Sumter County, Florida have learned, employers almost never concede that a manager or supervisor made a discriminatory remark. When forced due to overwhelming evidence to acknowledge that a manager or supervisor did in fact make a discriminatory remark, employers fall back on one of their… Read More »
How Employer Inaction Forces Sexual Harassment Victims To Use Self-Help For Protection Against Their Harasser
Employers, our sexual harassment lawyers in Sumter County, Florida know, almost never accept responsibility for their failure to protect sexual harassment victims. Emboldened by decades of rulings from employer-friendly judges bailing them out for tolerating sexual harassment in the workplace, employers have become increasingly brazen in attacking and blaming sexual harassment victims for hostile… Read More »
Worker Alleges Classic Employer Age Discrimination: You’ve Had 34 Years & That Is Enough
Older workers, our age discrimination lawyers in Sumter County, Florida know, continue to face significant obstacles in hiring, promotion, and retaining employment. Obstacles that have persisted for decades because, as the court in Graefenhain v. Pabst Brewing Co., 827 F.2d 13 (7th Cir. 1987) observed almost forty years ago, “many employers or younger business… Read More »
The Employer’s Retaliatory Dirty Trick: Setting An Employee Up For Failure
Employers, our wrongful termination lawyers in Sumter County, Florida know, have a bagful of dirty tricks they use to retaliate against employees who complain workplace discrimination. When dipping into their bagful of retaliatory dirty tricks, employers will subject employees to disciplinary action, unfavorable work schedules, reduced hours, or performance improvement plans. Playing the long… Read More »
Is An Employer’s Flawed Investigation Evidence Of A Discriminatory Termination?
In the context of employment discrimination litigation, our wrongful termination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida have learned that employers routinely argue the mere fact that an investigation was conducted before firing employee conclusively establishes that the employee was fired for a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason. Some employers, knowing the judiciary has been stacked for decades… Read More »
The Discriminatory Reduction In Force: Employer Finds Positions For Younger, But Not Older, Workers
Having represented age discrimination victims for more than two decades, our wrongful termination lawyers in Sumter County, Florida know employers believe that age discrimination claimants cannot prevail when they proffer reduction in force as the reason for termination. Recognizing that if they present just a shred of evidence showing an economic basis for the… Read More »
Worker Given Negative Performance Review & Fired Less Than A Month After Disclosing Her Pregnancy
Having represented pregnant employees for more than twenty years, our pregnancy discrimination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that employees are often targeted for termination after disclosing their pregnancy. When targeting pregnant employees for termination, our pregnancy discrimination lawyers in Inverness, Florida have learned, employers will dig into their bagful of pretextual justifications for… Read More »
