Yes, You Can Be Fired For Acting Like a Racist Jerk on Your Day Off.
Yes, You Can Be Fired For Acting Like a Racist Jerk on Your Day Off.
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Yes, You Can Be Fired For Acting Like a Racist Jerk on Your Day Off.
Is your employer breaking the law? The United States provides fewer protections for workers than most of the developed world, but there are laws that protect workers, and greedy employers break those laws all the time. If you employer has broken the law, I am glad to help you hold them accountable.
Experience counts. Before I became a lawyer I worked for a living in factories, loading docks, restaurants, nightclubs and retail stores. I know what it is like to depend on a paycheck and to have that paycheck taken away.
I am proud to help people who have been victimized by their employers. There are state and federal laws that govern what your employer can and cannot do – laws that make it possible for you to fight back.
Employers have a responsibility to keep the workplace safe, even during a pandemic.
COVID-19 has been challenging for all of us, including employers. But like the rest of us, employer have a duty to do their best to keep people safe. Sadly, state…
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Employers have a responsibility to keep the workplace safe, even during a pandemic.
COVID-19 FAQ’s For Workers
This information is based upon what we know as of today, April 6, 2020. As the pandemic and its consequences continue to unfold, this will change. If you have questions,…
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COVID-19 FAQ’s For Workers
COVID-19 Workplace Safety
I am getting a shocking number of calls from workers whose employers are refusing to provide protective equipment or enforce social distancing rules in the workplace. I understand that employers…
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COVID-19 Workplace Safety
Working With Your Employer When You Have a Disability.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (“PHRA“) say that employers have to accommodate the restrictions of an employee with a disability. The disabled employee…
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Working With Your Employer When You Have a Disability.
A Sour Note on Equal Pay for Women in Pennsylvania
The Gender Wage Gap in Pennsylvania In recent news, a principal flutist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra has filed suit, alleging that she is paid less than her closest comparable colleague,…
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A Sour Note on Equal Pay for Women in Pennsylvania
EEOC and PHRC Mediation – Beware
Both the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission ("EEOC") and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission ("PHRC") offer mediation to employees who bring claims of discrimination. The idea is to try to achieve…
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EEOC and PHRC Mediation – Beware
Free Speech? Not at Work.
Google recently fired a software engineer, James Damore, over his 10-page memo, entitled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber,” Mr. Damore complained in his memo that Google’s efforts to promote equal representation…
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Free Speech? Not at Work.
Yes, Your Boss Can Tell You What Beer To Drink.
There was a pretty famous case a few years ago that combined two of my favorite things - employment law and beer. It involved the question of whether an employee…
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Yes, Your Boss Can Tell You What Beer To Drink.
Bullying in the Workplace
Scut Farkus. Recognize that name? He was the neighborhood bully in the movie "A Christmas Story." He terrorized the neighborhood kids until one fine day when our hero Ralphie brought…
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Bullying in the Workplace
Don’t be S.O.L.(about statutes of limitation in employment cases)
A potential client called me this week and described what seemed to be a case of unlawful discrimination at work - violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and…
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Don’t be S.O.L.(about statutes of limitation in employment cases)
Preparing for EEOC Mediation and PHRC Fact Finding Conferences
Preparing for EEOC Mediation and PHRC Fact Finding Conferences When you have a discrimination or retaliation claim before the PHRC or EEOC, you may receive notice that a conference has…
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Preparing for EEOC Mediation and PHRC Fact Finding Conferences
Overtime Questions, Fair Labor Standards Act
There are some questions that I frequently get from potential clients. This is one: Q: My employer pays me cash for overtime. Is that legal? A: Probably not -…
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Overtime Questions, Fair Labor Standards Act
Sexual Harassment at Work
It seems that I am getting more calls than ever before about sexual harassment in the workplace. Some say that bosses think they can get away with it now because…
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Sexual Harassment at Work
You’re Fired! What’s Next?
You're Fired! What's Next? Most of us have had the experience of being fired. I was fired from my very first job. I was in high school, working part-time in…
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You’re Fired! What’s Next?