Month: November 2022
All workers, both male and female, are protected from sexual harassment; If you are the victim of the harassment in the workplace, you can take legal action with the help of an employment discrimination lawyer. Topics covered in this report include: Examples of Sexual Harassment Hostile Work Environment Harassment Sexual Favoritism Harassment Victims of Harassment […]
Unfortunately, employment discrimination continues to occur in the United States despite the existence of numerous state and federal laws making it illegal to engage in certain types of discriminatory practices in the workplace. Although no amount of money can truly compensate a victim of discrimination, your Florida discrimination attorney can help victims of workplace violations […]
Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual, and Transgender, or GLBT, rights have at the forefront of the American social and legal conscious for some time now. Just recently, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) handed down a landmark ruling that declared the right to marry to be a “fundamental right.” As such, individual states can no […]
Unlike workers in many other parts of the world, employees in the United States are protected, to a great extent, by various state and federal laws. These laws attempt to ensure that employees are treated fairly in the workplace and that discrimination does not occur in employment. One primary focus of the various employment related […]
Same-sex marriage has been at the forefront of the American political and cultural spectrum now for several decades –ever since the first state ban on same-sex marriage was passed in the early 1970s. The subject matter was finally put to rest recently by the Supreme Court of the United States, or SCOTUS, in a case […]
As much as we would all like to believe that fraud and corruption does not exists in the government, the reality is that it does. Morse still, innocent people often find themselves working side by side with someone who is clearly participating in fraudulent activities. Knowing this, the U.S. government, as well as many state […]
In the United States, both federal and state laws govern important aspects of the workplace, such as employment discrimination, minimum wages, an overtime pay. If you are a worker and you believe that your employer has violated any of those laws you likely have a legal recourse available to you. For example, if you believe […]
For members of the LGBT community and their supporters the issue of same-sex marriage has been at the forefront of the fight for equality for decades now. Fortunately, a recent decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, or SCOTUS, finally laid the issue to rest by ruling that marriage is a “fundamental right”, […]
It’s a common misconception that day rate employees are not entitled to overtime under federal law. Employers generally assume that paying a day rate or piece work compensation is a scenario in which the more they can get out of a worker during that period is to their benefit. Just because you are not getting […]
Clients frequently ask me the difference between race and national origin discrimination. This blog will specifically address what is becoming a common violation of law in the workplace, especially with regard to Arab Americans and people of Middle Eastern descent who commonly are referred to as “terrorist” or other pejorative names in the workplace. Title […]