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Must Employers Notify Workers’ Compensation Claimants Of Their Family Medical Leave Act Rights?
Over the past two decades, our Ocala, Florida workers’ compensation retaliation lawyers have represented Florida employees who have been retaliated against for making a workers’ compensation claim. Having decades of experience representing workers’ compensation retaliation victims, our Marion County, Florida workers’ compensation retaliation attorneys know that many employers never inform workers injured on the… Read More »
Can Yelling & Cursing At A Female Employee Create A Hostile Work Environment?
For more than twenty years, our Lecanto, Florida hostile work environment attorneys have represented Florida employees who have been required to work in a sex-based hostile work environment. Through their extensive experience representing harassment victims, our Citrus County, Florida hostile work environment lawyers have learned that a common employment law myth is that harassment… Read More »
Proving A Racially Discriminatory Discharge When Other Employees Not Fired For Worse Behavior
For more than twenty years, our Inverness, Florida attorneys for racial discrimination victims have represented Florida employees who have been discriminated against because of race. Through their decades of experience representing race discrimination victims, our Citrus County, Florida lawyers for racial discrimination victims know that disparate treatment is the most common form of race… Read More »
Age Discrimination Lawsuit Claims Derogatory Age Remarks Show Employee Was Fired Because Of Age
For more than twenty years, our Ocala, Florida attorneys for age discrimination victims have represented Florida employees who have been discriminated against because of age. Having decades of experience representing age discrimination victims, our Marion County, Florida lawyers for age discrimination victims know that employers continue to discriminate against older workers based on age… Read More »
Are Employees Protected Against Wrongful Termination If They Do Not Have An Actual Disability?
Having litigated wrongful termination cases in Florida courts for more than twenty years, our Ocala, Florida employee rights attorneys know that a common employment law myth is that employees must have an actual disability to be protected against disability discrimination. Under the federal discrimination laws, however, an employee does not have to be disabled… Read More »
Can Rumors That A Woman Was Hired Or Promoted Because Of A Sexual Relationship Create A Hostile Work Environment?
Having litigated sexual harassment cases in Florida courts for more than two decades, our Ocala, Florida attorneys for sexual harassment victims know that woman are often the subject of workplace rumors about how they were hired or promoted because of a sexual relationship. Unfortunately, a common employment law myth persists that sexual rumors in… Read More »
Can Sexual Harassment Victims Be Transferred When The Transfer Makes Them Worse Off?
Through their extensive experience representing sexual harassment victims, our Ocala, Florida sexual harassment attorneys have learned that one action an employer might take in response to a sexual harassment victim’s complaint of sexual harassment is to transfer the sexual harassment victim. As the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals explained in Hostetler v. Quality… Read More »
Worker Unlawfully Fired After Complaining About Refusal To Hire African-Americans EEOC Lawsuit Charges
Having represented retaliation victims for more than two decades, our Leesburg, Florida retaliatory discharge attorneys have learned that a common employment law myth is that employees are not protected from retaliation by the federal discrimination laws when they complain about an employer’s discriminatory employment practices against other employees or job applicants. In other words,… Read More »
Age Discrimination Lawsuit Alleging Worker Fired Because Of Age Settled By EEOC
Having represented age discrimination victims for more than twenty years, our Ocala, Florida age discrimination attorneys know that older workers are often subjected to derogatory remarks about retirement, including comments about how they should retire or are eligible for retirement. In some cases, derogatory comments about retirement or retirement eligibility reflect a desire to… Read More »
Pregnancy Discrimination Case Claiming Worker Fired Shortly After Disclosing Pregnancy Settled By EEOC
Having represented pregnancy discrimination victims for more than two decades, our Ocala, Florida pregnancy discrimination attorneys know that pregnant employees are often targeted for termination shortly after they disclose their pregnancy. In UAW v. Johnson Controls, 490 U.S. 187 (1991), the U.S. Supreme Court explained that the “decision to work while [ ] being… Read More »