Recent Blog Posts
Must Sexual Harassment Victims Work With The Harasser While An Investigation Is On-Going?
For more than twenty years, our sexual harassment lawyers in Citrus County, Florida have fought for the rights of sexual harassment victims. Through their decades of experience representing sexual harassment victims, our sexual harassment attorneys in Inverness, Florida know that many sexual harassment victims request not to work with the harasser while an investigation… Read More »
Must Employers Respond To Subsequent Complaints Against The Same Sexual Harasser From Other Victims?
Having represented sexual harassment victims for more than twenty years, our sexual harassment lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that sexual harassers often prey on more than one victim in the workplace. Once one victim lodges a sexual harassment complaint, employers customarily argue they are absolved from liability for sexual harassment towards the complaining… Read More »
FMLA Guidelines for Employees
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is an essential federal law designed to help employees balance work and family responsibilities during significant life events. For employees in Marion County, understanding your rights under the FMLA is essential if you need to take leave for medical or family reasons without risking your job. Here,… Read More »
How Employers Discriminatorily Raise The Bar: Worker Must Be “Twice As Good” As Employees Of Different Race
Having practiced employment law for more than twenty years, our race discrimination lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that disparate treatment is the most common type of racial discrimination in the workplace. As the U.S. Supreme Court in Teamsters v. United States, 431 U.S. 324 (1977) observed, “disparate treatment . . . is the… Read More »
A Common Pretextual Reason For Firing Employees: The Phantom Employee Or Customer Complaint
Through their decades of experience litigating wrongful termination cases, our wrongful termination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that employers mask their discriminatory motive by proffering pretextual reasons for firing employees. To prove their case in the employment discrimination context, employees must establish that the proffered reason for their termination is a pretext. As… Read More »
How Employers Attempt To Explain Away A Hostile Work Environment: The Harassment Was “Just Joking”
Through their decades of experience representing hostile work environment harassment victims, our employment discrimination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that employers’ resort to a broad array of disingenuous defenses against hostile work environment harassment claims. In the context of racial and national origin harassment claims, employers invariably contend, even in the most egregious… Read More »
How Employers Attempt To Use Courts To Destroy The Evidentiary Value Of Discriminatory Comments
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than twenty years, our employment lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that employers have attempted to use the judiciary for decades to destroy the evidentiary value of discriminatory comments. As part of their relentless efforts over the decades to transform the judiciary into their corporate legal department…. Read More »
Can A Pattern Of Discipline Against An Older Worker Create A Hostile Working Environment?
Through their decades of experience handling age discrimination cases, our age discrimination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that older employees are often treated differently and less favorably from younger employees. One area where older workers are routinely treated worse than younger employees is disciplinary action. In far too many cases, older employees face… Read More »
Taking On The Employer’s Judicially-Created Shield & Sword: The Employment At-Will Doctrine
Having litigated employment law cases for more than twenty years, our employment lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that the judicially-created employment at-will doctrine gives employers almost absolute power over the employment relationships with their employees. In its original pristine form, the judicially-created employment at-will doctrine means that an employer can fire an employee… Read More »
When Can You Sue for Wrongful Termination?
Most employees in Florida, including workers in Marion and Citrus counties, are generally considered “at-will,” meaning an employer can terminate them at any time and for almost any reason. However, this right is not unlimited. Florida law, along with federal laws and regulations, protects employees from being fired for discriminatory or retaliatory reasons. Understanding… Read More »
