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Can Employees Still Prove Race Discrimination When Discharged In A Reduction In Force?
Having fought for employee rights for nearly twenty years, our Alachua County, Florida labor law attorneys have learned that employers often target employees for termination in the context of a reduction in force for discriminatory reasons. In the reduction in force context, many employers believe that they are virtually immune from liability for discrimination… Read More »
Pregnancy Discrimination Based on Failure to Accommodate Fitness Test
Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against women on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or other related medical conditions. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 amended Title VII to definitively establish that pregnancy discrimination in the workplace is a form of sex discrimination. Employers may not… Read More »
Supervisor’s Racial Slurs & Demands For Segregated Cemetery Creates Racial Hostile Work Environment
Having represented victims of race discrimination for nearly twenty years, our Alachua County, Florida race discrimination lawyers have learned that employees continue to endure egregious acts of racial harassment in the workplace. Although employers are obligated to prevent and promptly correct racially harassing behavior at work, in many cases employers fail to take any… Read More »
Employee With A Disability Claims Retaliation When Fired Two Days After Requesting An Accommodation
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employees are protected from retaliation when the request a reasonable accommodation for their disability. Having litigated retaliation cases in Florida state and federal courts for nearly twenty years, our Alachua County, Florida employment law attorneys have learned that employers often try to get rid of employees with… Read More »
Does An Employer’s Use Of Code Words For Age Constitute Evidence Of Age Discrimination?
Having represented victims of age discrimination for nearly twenty years, our Alachua County, Florida employment discrimination attorneys have learned that employers often use code words for age when explaining employment decisions involving older workers. For example, when seeking to justify employment decisions regarding older workers, employers will characterize older workers as “low energy,” “slow,”… Read More »
Employee Claims Employer Made Up Drug Possession Charge In Retaliation For Exercising His FMLA Rights
An employer that retaliates over an employee exercising their rights in FMLA can face serious consequences, such as the case when Central Management Systems allegedly makes up drug possession charges after the fact. Having fought for employee rights for nearly twenty years our Florida employment discrimination lawyers have learned that employers often punish employees… Read More »
Former KCTV News Anchor Sues Over Age Discrimination in Replacement
Having represented the victims of age discrimination for nearly twenty years our Florida employment discrimination attorneys have learned that many employers act on their preference for a younger workforce by targeting older workers for replacement with substantially younger employees. As the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals observed in Graefenhain v. Pabst Brewing Co.,… Read More »
Court Finds That Transgender Man Has A Plausible Case Of Sex Discrimination
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) prohibits employers from discriminating against any individual with respect to his or her compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of such individual’s sex. This includes protecting a transgender from sex discrimination, such as refusing to hire them, as seen in the… Read More »
Employee Claims Disability Discrimination When Employer Fired Him After Learning He Had Cancer
Having been committed to fighting for the rights of Florida employees for almost twenty years, our Alachua County, Florida employment discrimination attorneys have learned that employers often terminate employees shortly after learning they have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Although employers almost always carefully mask their discriminatory intent when firing… Read More »
Proving Retaliation When Employers Mete Out More Lenient Treatment For Employees Who Do Not Complain
Under the anti-retaliation provisions of the federal employment discrimination laws, such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, employers are protected from retaliation when they complain about discrimination in the workplace. Having litigated retaliation cases in Florida… Read More »
