Category Archives: Employment Discrimination
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 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 »
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 »
Wrongful Termination Checklist: Steps to Take if You Suspect Unlawful Job Termination in Central Florida
Experiencing a job termination can be a challenging and stressful event under any circumstances. However, when you believe your termination was unlawful, it can add layers of confusion and frustration. Wrongful termination, also known as unlawful termination or wrongful discharge, occurs when an employer fires an employee in violation of state or federal laws…. Read More »
July: A Busy Month for the EEOC as Agency Battles Employment Discrimination Around the Country
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 »
Classic Employer Retaliatory Discharge: Failing To Get Fired Employee’s Side Of The Story
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 »
Another Employer Trick: After-The-Fact Justifications For An Employee’s Termination
In employment discrimination cases alleging a discriminatory discharge, employers bear the burden of proffering a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason for the challenged termination decision. Through their decades of experience litigating discriminatory discharge cases, our wrongful termination lawyers in Marion County, Florida know employers often proffer after-the-fact justifications for the challenged termination decision. In a discriminatory… Read More »
Harassment in the Construction Industry? The Government Has a Plan for That.
Earlier this month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a guidance document aimed at helping leaders in the construction sector fight employment harassment in the industry. As our Marion County, Florida, employment harassment lawyers well know, workers in the male-dominated construction industry are likely to experience harassment on the job based on their… Read More »
