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Is Replacing An Older Worker With A Younger, Lower Paid Employee To Save Money Age Discrimination?
Having represented age discrimination victims for more than twenty years, our Lake County, Florida age discrimination lawyers know that employers frequently terminate older workers and replace them with younger, lower paid employees in order to reduce costs. In doing so, employers invariably argue that they are permitted to replace older workers with younger, lower… Read More »
Is Targeting An Older Worker For Discharge Because Of A High Salary Unlawful Age Discrimination?
Having represented age discrimination victims for more than two decades, our Marion County, Florida age discrimination lawyers know that employers often target older workers for termination because of their high salaries. In doing so, employers argue that they are lawfully entitled to eliminate older workers who make more money than younger employees in order… Read More »
Are Women Protected Against Pregnancy Discrimination While On Maternity Leave?
Having litigated employment discrimination lawsuits for more than twenty years, our Sumter County, Florida employment discrimination lawyers have learned that a common employment law myth is that only women who are pregnant are protected against pregnancy discrimination under the federal anti-discrimination laws. However, because the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) protects women from discrimination on… Read More »
Are Women Protected From Pregnancy Discrimination When They Return From Maternity Leave?
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than two decades, our Alachua County, Florida employment discrimination lawyers have learned that a common employment law myth is that women must be pregnant in order to be protected against pregnancy discrimination under the federal employment laws. However, as observed by the U.S. District Court for the… Read More »
Are Employees Protected From A Racially Discriminatory Workload?
Having represented racial discrimination victims for more than twenty years, our Citrus County, Florida race discrimination lawyers know that employees are often targeted for discriminatory racial abuse by assigning them a disproportionately heavy workload relative to employees of another race. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), employees are… Read More »
Are Employees Protected From Discrimination Based On Perceived Sexual Orientation?
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than two decades, our Marion County, Florida sexual orientation discrimination lawyers know that a common employment law myth is that employees are not protected from discrimination based on perceived sexual orientation. In Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that sexual orientation discrimination… Read More »
Employee Claims Unlawful Firing When She Was Subjected To Racist Remarks By Decision-Maker
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than two decades, our Marion County, Florida unlawful termination lawyers have learned that discriminatory remarks by employees involved in the decision to fire an employee are the most powerful evidence of a discriminatory termination. Although not required to prove discrimination, discriminatory remarks by employees involved the termination… Read More »
Employee Claims She Was Demoted Because Of Her Age After Being Referred To As “Mature”
Having represented age discrimination victims for more than two decades, our Lake County, Florida age discrimination lawyers know that although employers often target older workers for termination by claiming that their work performance is unsatisfactory, the alleged work performance deficiencies of older workers are often not contemporaneously documented. For example, an older employee’s purported… Read More »
Pregnant Employee Told her Appearance Was “Bad For Business” Claims Wrongful Firing
Having fought for the rights of pregnant employees for more than twenty years, our Sumter County, Florida wrongful termination lawyers have learned that employers frequently attempt to justify the termination of pregnant employees by claiming that they were laid off as part of a reduction in force because business was slow. In claiming that… Read More »
Is The Failure to Investigate A Male Employee’s Sexual Harassment Complaint Sex Discrimination?
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than twenty years, our Marion County, Florida employee rights lawyers have learned that employers often do not investigate sexual harassment complaints by male employees, even though they investigate sexual harassment complaints by female employees. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), employers… Read More »
