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Category Archives: Workers’ Compensation Retaliation

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Can Florida Employers Fire Employees For Attempting To Make A Workers’ Comp Claim?

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

Having represented wrongful termination victims for more than twenty years, our wrongful termination lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that employees are often targeted for termination after suffering a work-related injury. In order to provide protection from retaliation to vulnerable workers who are injured at work, the Florida Legislature enacted section 440.205, Florida Statutes…. Read More »

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Employee Claims Manager Told Her That She Was Fired For Making A Workers’ Compensation Claim

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

For more than two decades, our Marion County, Florida workers’ compensation retaliation attorneys have fought for the rights of employees who have been retaliated against for making a workers’ compensation claim. In far too many cases, our Ocala, Florida workers’ compensation retaliation lawyers have learned, the retaliation workers’ compensation claimants endure culminates in their… Read More »

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Must Employers Notify Workers’ Compensation Claimants Of Their Family Medical Leave Act Rights?

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

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 »

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Job Applicant Was Not Hired Because Of Prior Workers’ Compensation Claim EEOC Lawsuit Alleges

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

In a press release issued on November 6, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it has entered into a Consent Decree settling a disability discrimination lawsuit against Aspire Health Partners, Inc. (Aspire). On September 1, 2020, the EEOC filed the case, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Aspire Health Partners,… Read More »

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Employee Claims Retaliation When He Was Fired Two Weeks After Making A Workers’ Compensation Claim

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

Having been committed to fighting for the rights of Florida employees for almost twenty years, our Alachua County, Florida retaliation attorneys have learned that employers often punish employees who suffer a work-related injury and make or attempt to make a workers’ compensation claim. Under section 440.205, Florida Statutes, it is unlawful for employers to… Read More »

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Discharged Employee Told He “Would Regret” Filing A Workers’ Compensation Claim

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

Having dedicated their practice to fighting for the rights of employees, our Citrus County, Florida employment law attorneys have learned that some employers try to prevent employees from making a workers’ compensation claim by using tactics of intimidation and coercion. In many cases, employees are warned, explicitly or implicitly, they will suffer adverse employment… Read More »

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Court Recognizes It Is Not Difficult For Employers To Come Up With Reasons To Justify A Retaliatory Discharge

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

In order to protect employees who suffer an injury at work and make or attempt to make a workers’ compensation claim, the Florida Legislature passed section 440.205, Florida Statutes. Section 440.205 provides that “no employer shall discharge, threaten to discharge, intimidate, or coerce any employee by reason of such employee’s valid claim for compensation… Read More »

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Appellate Court Reinstates Workers’ Compensation Retaliation Case

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

In order to punish employers who retaliate against employees who suffer an injury at work and make or attempt to make a workers’ compensation claim, the Florida Legislature enacted section 440.205, Florida Statutes. Section 440.205 provides that “no employer shall discharge, threaten to discharge, intimidate, or coerce any employee by reason of such employee’s… Read More »

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