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What Employees Should Say When Complaining About Workplace Discrimination

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

Having represented retaliation victims for more than twenty years, our employment lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that many employment discrimination victims mistakenly believe they are protected from retaliation when they complain about unfair treatment or employment-related concerns. Under employment discrimination law, however, employees are only protected from retaliation when they complain about perceived… Read More »

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When Does Physical Violence Contribute To The Creation Of A Racially Hostile Work Environment?

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

Through their decades of experience representing race discrimination victims, our race discrimination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida have learned that a common employment law myth is that physical violence, standing alone, can create a racially hostile working environment. To establish a racially hostile work environment, however, employees must show that the acts of harassment,… Read More »

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Is Preferential Treatment Of Younger Workers Evidence Of An Age-Based Discriminatory Discharge?

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

For more than twenty years, our age discrimination lawyers in Marion County, Florida have fought for the rights of age discrimination victims. Through their decades of experience handling age discrimination cases, our age discrimination attorneys in Ocala, Florida know that many employers give preferential treatment to younger employees. For example, younger employees are given… Read More »

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Must Workers Prove That Unlawful Retaliation Was The Only Reason They Were Fired?

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

Having litigated wrongful termination cases for more than two decades, our wrongful termination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that employees who complain about workplace discrimination are often targeted for termination. When targeting employees for termination, employers almost always come up with some pretextual reason to justify the termination. In many cases, the employer’s… Read More »

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July: A Busy Month for the EEOC as Agency Battles Employment Discrimination Around the Country

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is the federal agency tasked with enforcement of the nation’s employment discrimination laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and… Read More »

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Must Sexual Harassment Victims Quit To Prove That The Harassment Was Offensive To Them?

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

One way employers exploit and cause further harm to sexual harassment victims, our Marion County, Florida sexual harassment lawyers have learned, is by conducting bad faith investigations into their sexual harassment complaints. In many cases, employer investigations into sexual harassment complaints are not only rigged to reach a pre-determined conclusion but are also designed… Read More »

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Can Direct Contact With An Intimate Body Part Create A Hostile Work Environment?

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

Through their decades of experience representing sexual harassment victims, our sexual harassment lawyers in Marion County, Florida have learned that a common employment law myth is that a single act of sexual harassment cannot create a sexually hostile work environment. An employment law myth zealously promoted by employers in maintaining that a single incident… Read More »

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The Flawed Employer Plea For Immunity: We Took Some Action After Learning Of The Sexual Harassment

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

Under employment discrimination law, employers are obligated to take remedial action when they know or should know of sexual harassment in the workplace. Having represented sexual harassment victims for decades, our sexual harassment lawyers in Citrus County, Florida have learned that employers routinely maintain they are immune from liability for hostile work environment sexual… Read More »

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How Employers Routinely Violate The ADA: By Firing Employees They Regard As Disabled

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

A common employment law myth, our wrongful termination lawyers in Marion County, Florida have learned, is that employees must have an actual disability in order to be protected from disability discrimination under employment discrimination law. An employment law myth that employers routinely exploit without legal consequences by terminating employees who do not have an… Read More »

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Classic Employer Retaliatory Discharge: Failing To Get Fired Employee’s Side Of The Story

By James P. Tarquin, P.A |

Having represented wrongful termination victims for more than two decades, our wrongful termination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that discriminatory and retaliatory discharge cases frequently have common facts. One such common fact is the employer’s failure to get the terminated employee’s side of the story before firing the employee. When an employer has… Read More »

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