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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 »
Sexual Harassment Victim Claims Retaliatory Firing When Others Not Fired For Engaging In Same Conduct
Having represented victims of retaliatory discharge for more than twenty years, our Marion County, Florida retaliatory discharge lawyers have learned that employers often target employees who complain about sexual harassment for termination by selectively enforcing company work rules against them. Seizing upon a sexual harassment complainant’s violation of a company work rule, the employer… Read More »
Court Rules That Treating A Pregnant Employee Worse Than Non-Pregnant Employees Is Pregnancy Discrimination
Having litigated pregnancy discrimination cases in Florida state and federal courts for more than twenty years, our Citrus County, Florida employee rights attorneys know that pregnant employees are often treated differently after disclosing their pregnancy. For example, employers will scrutinize their work performance, reduce their hours, subject them to disciplinary action, and enforce work… Read More »
Are Employees Who Are Repeatedly Discriminatorily Passed Over For Promotion Entitled To Quit?
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than two decades, our Citrus County, Florida employment discrimination attorneys know that employees are often passed over for promotion for discriminatory reasons. In some circumstances, employees who are continuously denied promotion for discriminatory reasons may have a claim for constructive discharge. As the U.S. Second Circuit Court… Read More »
Do Sexist Comments & Jokes Contribute To The Creation Of A Sexual Hostile Work Environment?
Having fought for the rights of sexual harassment victims for more than two decades, our Citrus County, Florida sexual harassment lawyers have learned that a common employment law myth is that non-sexual behavior does not contribute to the creation of a sexual hostile work environment. However, prohibited sexual harassment is not limited to verbal… Read More »
Victim Worked In Sexual Hostile Environment Where Alleged Sexual Harasser Touched Intimate Body Part
Having litigated sexual harassment cases for more than two decades, our Columbia County, Florida sexual harassment lawyers know that a sexual harasser’s direct contact with an intimate body part is one of the most egregious forms of sexual harassment. As explained by the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Redd v. New York… Read More »
Court Rules That Employee Subjected To Racial Slurs Worked In Racial Hostile Work Environment
Having litigated employment discrimination cases for more than twenty years, our Marion County, Florida employee rights attorneys know that employees continue to be subjected to racially offensive language in the workplace. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) protects employees from race discrimination in the workplace, including racial harassment. Racial… Read More »
