Category Archives: Employment Discrimination
Can Employees Prove A Discriminatory Discharge Through Evidence Of Successful Job Performance?
During the past twenty years, our Marion County, Florida employment discrimination lawyers have litigated employment discrimination cases in Florida courts. Through their decades of experience representing employment discrimination victims, our Ocala, Florida employment discrimination attorneys know that unsatisfactory work performance is a reason frequently proffered by employers for terminating employees. In many cases, however,… Read More »
Is Failing To Get A Fired Employee’s Version Of Events Evidence Of A Discriminatory Discharge?
For the past twenty years, our Marion County, Florida employment discrimination attorneys have fought for the rights of employees. Having decades of employment law experience, our Ocala, Florida employment discrimination lawyers know that employers frequently do not conduct a fair or adequate investigation before terminating employees. In far too many cases, employers never even… Read More »
DOJ and UPS Settle Florida Immigration-Related Discrimination Case
For more than twenty years our Citrus County, Florida, workplace discrimination attorneys have litigated employment discrimination cases in Florida courts. We’ve learned to use all tools at our disposal, including state anti-discrimination laws, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other federal laws. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is not the only… Read More »
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Religious Employer Case, Leaves Door Open
For more than two decades, our Citrus County, Florida employment discrimination attorneys have litigated employment discrimination cases in Florida courts. During the course of our practice, we’ve had many occasions encounter tension between the “religious freedoms” of employers and the right of employees to be free from discrimination. The issue has only grown more… Read More »
Does Employment Discrimination Law Protect Employees Who Maintain Friendships With Persons Of A Different Race?
For the past two decades, our Citrus County, Florida racial discrimination attorneys have fought for the rights of racial discrimination victims. Through their extensive experience representing racial discrimination victims, our Inverness, Florida racial discrimination lawyers know that a common employment law myth is that federal employment law does not forbid employers from discriminating against… Read More »
Should Employees Ask Employers The Reason For Their Termination?
For more than twenty years, our Marion County, Florida wrongful termination lawyers have fought for the rights of wrongful termination victims. Having extensive experience representing employees who have been wrongfully fired, our Ocala, Florida wrongful termination lawyers know that employers often refuse to give employees a reason for their termination. Although Florida employers are… Read More »
Proving A Discriminatory Discharge When An Explanation Is Insufficient To Warrant Termination
Over the past twenty years, our Leesburg, Florida discrimination lawyers have represented Florida employees who have been fired for a discriminatory reason. Through their extensive experience representing discriminatory discharge victims, our Lake County, Florida discrimination attorneys know that a common employment law myth is that discriminatory discharge cases cannot be proven simply by showing… Read More »
Supreme Court Says Religious School Teachers Do Not Get Antidiscrimination Protection
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than two decades, our Lake County, Florida, employment discrimination lawyers know that discrimination can happen in any workplace. We also know that, historically, discriminatory actors have hidden behind arguments that their behavior was not discriminatory, but was instead an expression of their religious views. White business owners… Read More »
Are Employees Who Are Repeatedly Discriminatorily Passed Over For Promotion Entitled To Quit?
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than two decades, our Citrus County, Florida employment discrimination attorneys know that employees are often passed over for promotion for discriminatory reasons. In some circumstances, employees who are continuously denied promotion for discriminatory reasons may have a claim for constructive discharge. As the U.S. Second Circuit Court… Read More »
“Customer Preference” is Not a Defense to Employment Discrimination
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) protects employees from discrimination because of sex.Employers are not at liberty to make employment decisions or take adverse employment action against an employee based on their sex. That means that an employee cannot be fired, denied a promotion, or denied a bonus simply… Read More »
