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Are Workers Protected From Heightened Scrutiny After Complaining About Discrimination?
Having represented retaliation victims for more than two decades, our employee rights lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that employees who lodge discrimination complaints are often targeted for retaliation. One of the most prevalent employer retaliatory tactics is subjecting employees who complain about workplace discrimination to heightened scrutiny or excessive supervision. When utilizing this… Read More »
Are Employees Who Make Verbal Discrimination Complaints Protected From Retaliation?
For more than twenty years, our employment discrimination lawyers in Marion County, Florida have litigated employment discrimination cases in Florida courts. Through their decades of experience handling employment discrimination cases, our employment discrimination attorneys in Ocala, Florida know that a common employment law myth is that employees are protected from retaliation only when they… Read More »
Dollar Store Agrees to Pay One Million Dollars to Settle EEOC Lawsuit Alleging ADA and GINA Violations
Since 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has prohibited discrimination in employment practices on the basis of someone’s disability, defined as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. The ADA protects employees and applicants from discrimination based on their disability, a history of a disability, or… Read More »
Can Employers Use A Worker’s FMLA Leave As A Negative Factor When Making Employment Decisions?
Through their decades of experience representing employees, our employment lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that many employers punish employees who take leave under the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”). The most common way employers punish employees is by using an employee’s FMLA leave as a negative factor when making employment decisions. In some… Read More »
Can Workers Still Prove Age Discrimination When Factors Other Than Age Influenced The Employment Decision?
Having litigated age discrimination cases in Florida courts for more than two decades, our age discrimination lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that a common employment law myth is that to succeed on a claim of age discrimination, employees must show that age was the only factor in the employer’s decision-making process. In perpetuating… Read More »
Should Employees Trust The Findings Of Employer Sexual Harassment Investigations?
Having represented sexual harassment victims for more than two decades, our sexual harassment lawyers in Marion County, Florida have learned that the rights of sexual harassment victims are rarely vindicated by employer investigations into their sexual harassment complaints. In the substantial majority of employer sexual harassment investigations, the findings are there is no evidence… Read More »
Can Unwanted Requests For Dates Contribute To A Sexually Hostile Work Environment?
For more than twenty years, our sexual harassment lawyers in Citrus County, Florida have litigated sexual harassment cases in Florida courts. Through their decades of experience representing sexual harassment victims, our sexual harassment attorneys in Inverness, Florida know that a common employment law myth is that unwanted requests for dates do not constitute conduct… Read More »
Sweeping Sexual Harassment Complaints Under The Rug: The Employer’s Bad Faith Investigation
Through their decades of experience handling sexual harassment cases, our sexual harassment lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that employer investigations of sexual harassment claims are often conducted in bad faith. In far too many cases, an employer’s sexual harassment investigation is conducted in manner intended to provide the employer with factual and legal… Read More »
Are Remarks About The Incompatibility Of Motherhood & Employment Evidence Of Sex Discrimination?
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than two decades, our labor law lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that stereotypes about women’s domestic roles and women’s commitment to work continue to create a cycle of discrimination against women in the workplace. Stereotypes of this sort are often manifested in the view that women… Read More »
Are Workers Protected From Harassment About A Rumored Same-Sex Relationship?
For more than twenty years, our LGBTQ rights lawyers in Citrus County, Florida have litigated employment discrimination cases in Florida courts. Having decades of experience representing employment discrimination victims, our LGBTQ rights attorneys in Inverness, Florida know that many employees are harassed based on their perceived sexual orientation. In far too many cases, the… Read More »
