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Is An Employee Protected From Racial Harassment By Employees Who Are Members Of The Employee’s Race?
Having dedicated their practice or representing hostile work environment harassment victims, our Alachua County, Florida hostile work environment harassment attorneys know that a common employment law myth is that employees who are members of a particular race are not protected from harassment by employees who are members of that same race. Under Title VII… Read More »
Court Dismisses Race Discrimination Case Despite Evidence That Reasons For Failure To Promote Employee Were False
Having represented victims of employment discrimination for nearly two decades, our Alachua County, Florida racial discrimination lawyers know that proving discrimination is not always easy. “In an employment discrimination case,” as observed by the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in Parrish v. Immanuel Med. Ctr., 92 F.3d 727 (8th Cir. 1996), the employee… Read More »
Are Employees Protected From National Origin Harassment From Nonemployees?
Having litigated hostile work environment harassment cases in Florida state and federal courts for nearly twenty years, our Citrus County, Florida hostile work environment harassment attorneys know that many employers adopt a “see no evil, hear no evil” strategy to harassment of their employees by nonemployees. Under well-established law, employers are responsible for the… Read More »
A Common Method Of Age Discrimination: Employer Sets Up Older Worker To Fail
Having fought for workers’ rights for almost twenty years, our Citrus County, Florida age discrimination lawyers know that age discrimination remains a serious problem in the American workplace. As the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals observed in Graefenhain v. Pabst Brewing Co., 827 F.3d 13 (7th Cir. 1987), the U.S. Congress enacted the… Read More »
Employee Claims Age Discrimination Where Employer Said “I’m Not Sure We Want A Grandpa”
Having fought for the rights of age discrimination victims for almost twenty years, our Marion County, Florida age discrimination attorneys know that older workers continue to face significant disadvantages in their attempts to obtain promotion. Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), employers are prohibited from failing to promote employees on the basis… Read More »
Employers’ Remedial Action Cannot Make Sexual Harassment Victims Worse Off
Having dedicated their practice to representing sexual harassment victims, our Marion County, Florida sexual harassment lawyers know that employers often respond to sexual harassment complaints by taking measures that make sexual harassment victims worse off. Once an employer becomes aware of sexual harassment in the workplace, the employer must take adequate remedial measures in… Read More »
EEOC Files Retaliation Case Where Employee Was Fired Within Weeks After Sexual Harassment Complaint
Having dedicated their practice to fighting for the rights of employees who have been wrongfully fired, our Marion County, Florida wrongful discharge attorneys have learned that many employers do not wait to punish employees who complain about sexual harassment. When an employee is fired shortly after complaining about sexual harassment, the employer’s retaliatory motive… Read More »
Court Finds Discriminatory Discharge Where Racial Comment Was Made About Employee After His Discharge
Having litigated employment law cases in Florida state and federal courts for almost twenty years, our Marion County, Florida wrongful discharge attorneys have learned that victims of race discrimination sometimes learn that employees involved in the decision to terminate their employment made racially discriminatory remarks about them after their employment had been terminated. Under… Read More »
EEOC Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Claiming Teenage Employee Was Harassed By Her Supervisor
Having represented sexual harassment victims for nearly two decades, our Marion County, Florida sexual harassment attorneys have learned that employers still refuse to take prompt and effective remedial action to prevent a sexual harasser from continuing to harass employees. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), employers are obligated… Read More »
Court Finds Age Discrimination Where Supervisor Said Employee Had “Dinosaur Age Related Theories”
Having fought for the rights of age discrimination victims for nearly twenty years, our Marion County, Florida age discrimination lawyers have learned that employers continue to subject older workers to adverse employment decisions based on age stereotypes. Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), it is unlawful for employers to make employment decisions… Read More »