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Can Workers Still Prove Age Discrimination When Factors Other Than Age Influenced The Employment Decision?
Having litigated age discrimination cases in Florida courts for more than two decades, our age discrimination lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that a common employment law myth is that to succeed on a claim of age discrimination, employees must show that age was the only factor in the employer’s decision-making process. In perpetuating… Read More »
Should Employees Trust The Findings Of Employer Sexual Harassment Investigations?
Having represented sexual harassment victims for more than two decades, our sexual harassment lawyers in Marion County, Florida have learned that the rights of sexual harassment victims are rarely vindicated by employer investigations into their sexual harassment complaints. In the substantial majority of employer sexual harassment investigations, the findings are there is no evidence… Read More »
Can Unwanted Requests For Dates Contribute To A Sexually Hostile Work Environment?
For more than twenty years, our sexual harassment lawyers in Citrus County, Florida have litigated sexual harassment cases in Florida courts. Through their decades of experience representing sexual harassment victims, our sexual harassment attorneys in Inverness, Florida know that a common employment law myth is that unwanted requests for dates do not constitute conduct… Read More »
Sweeping Sexual Harassment Complaints Under The Rug: The Employer’s Bad Faith Investigation
Through their decades of experience handling sexual harassment cases, our sexual harassment lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that employer investigations of sexual harassment claims are often conducted in bad faith. In far too many cases, an employer’s sexual harassment investigation is conducted in manner intended to provide the employer with factual and legal… Read More »
Are Remarks About The Incompatibility Of Motherhood & Employment Evidence Of Sex Discrimination?
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than two decades, our labor law lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that stereotypes about women’s domestic roles and women’s commitment to work continue to create a cycle of discrimination against women in the workplace. Stereotypes of this sort are often manifested in the view that women… Read More »
Are Workers Protected From Harassment About A Rumored Same-Sex Relationship?
For more than twenty years, our LGBTQ rights lawyers in Citrus County, Florida have litigated employment discrimination cases in Florida courts. Having decades of experience representing employment discrimination victims, our LGBTQ rights attorneys in Inverness, Florida know that many employees are harassed based on their perceived sexual orientation. In far too many cases, the… Read More »
Can an Employer Require Employees to Attend Mandatory Prayer Meetings?
Having represented victims of employment discrimination for decades, our Citrus County, Florida, lawyers know that employees are sometimes discriminated against or retaliated against based on their religious beliefs. Despite strong protections in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which prohibits religious discrimination, harassment and retaliation in the workplace, some employers feel… Read More »
Can Employers Fire Employees For Disability-Related Absences From Work?
Having decades of experience representing employment discrimination victims, our employment discrimination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that disabled employees are sometimes unable to work because of their disability. Despite their obligation to provide reasonable accommodations to disabled employees, many employers mistakenly believe that they are lawfully permitted to terminate disabled employees when they… Read More »
Are Employers Required To Notify Employees Of Their Eligibility For FMLA Leave?
Through their decades of experience representing employment discrimination victims, our employment lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that many employers do not inform employees of the rights under the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), including their eligibility for FMLA leave. The FMLA was passed in 1993, as the court in Satterfield v. Wal-Mart Stores,… Read More »
Are Employees Protected From Discriminatory Denial Of Overtime Opportunities?
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than twenty years, our employment discrimination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that many employees are discriminatorily denied overtime opportunities provided to their co-workers. Under federal employment discrimination law, workers are protected from discrimination with respect to the entire spectrum of the terms, conditions, or privileges of… Read More »
