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Can Age Discrimination Be Proven By Showing An Employer Singled An Older Employee Out For Harsh Treatment?
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of age. Having litigated age discrimination cases for almost twenty years, our Citrus County, Florida age discrimination lawyers have learned that employers frequently single older employees out for unfavorable treatment. In doing so, employers often claim that an… Read More »
Supervisor Told Employee With Disability Under American’s With Disabilities Act Not To Die At His Desk
The American’s with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects employees from discrimination on the basis of disability. Having extensive experience representing employees who have been subjected to disability discrimination, our Marion County, Florida disability discrimination attorneys have learned that employers frequently target employees who have a disability within the meaning of the ADA for abusive treatment…. Read More »
Must An Employee Establish An Employer’s Knowledge Of The Disability To Prove A Discriminatory Discharge Based Upon A Disability?
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits employers from firing employees on the basis of disability. In order to prove a discriminatory discharge based upon a disability, an employee must demonstrate that his or her employer had knowledge of the disability at the time of the termination. As the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of… Read More »
Can A Formulated Plan To Fire An Employee Be Evidence Of Discrimination?
As observed by the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Sheridan v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 100 F.3d 1061 (3d Cir. 1996), “cases charging discrimination are uniquely difficult to prove and often depend upon circumstantial evidence.” Indeed, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals explained in Chambers v. TRM Copy Ctrs…. Read More »
Florida Woman Files Lawsuit against Whole Foods for Discrimination Based on Race and Gender
A Tallahassee woman recently filed a lawsuit based on discrimination she suffered while an employee at a Whole Foods grocery store. Learn more about the case below, and contact a seasoned Marion County employment discrimination attorney if you’ve been the victim of discrimination on the job in Florida. Mother of newborn scheduled to work… Read More »
Is An Employer’s Violation Of Its Own Promotion Policies Evidence Of A Discriminatory Failure To Promote?
Federal employment discrimination laws make it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to fail or refuse to promote an employee on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, or disability. Having extensive experience representing employees discriminatorily denied promotion, our Citrus County, Florida employment discrimination attorneys have learned that employers… Read More »
Can A Termination Decision Which Exhibits Bad Business Judgment Be Evidence Of Discrimination?
In the employment discrimination context, employers do not have to establish “good cause” for a termination decision. As explained by the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Damon v. Fleming Supermarkets of Florida, Inc., 196 F.3d 1354 (11th Cir. 1999), “an employer may fire an employee for a good reason, a bad reason,… Read More »
Can Age Discrimination Be Established By Showing The Discharged Employee’s Work Performance Was Satisfactory?
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), which is federal law, and the Florida Civil Rights Act (FCRA), which is Florida law, prohibit employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of age. When an employee claims that he or she was fired on the basis of age in violation of the ADEA and… Read More »
Can Employment Decisions Based On An Employee’s Accent Constitute Evidence Of National Origin Discrimination?
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), which is federal law, prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of national origin. Although Title VII does not define the term “national origin,” the U.S. Supreme Court in Espinoza v. Farah Manufacturing Company., Inc., 414 U.S. 86 (1973) defined a… Read More »
Second Circuit Rules That Sexual Orientation Discrimination Violates Federal Law
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) protects employees from discrimination on the basis of sex. In Hivley v. Ivy Tech. Community College of Indiana, 853 F.3d 339 (7th Cir. 2017), the United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals became the first federal appellate court to hold that sexual orientation… Read More »