In most situations you must notify your employer in advance of your need for medical leave. But where you have a medical emergency – either yours or that of a family member – you can lawfully provide notice after the… Read More ›
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Forcing Extra Work on Bilingual Employees Can Be Illegal
Forcing employees who speak multiple languages to handle additional language-related duties, in addition to their regular workloads can be a form of illegal discrimination under federal law. A multilingual job applicant often finds this quality to be a huge plus… Read More ›
Florida’s Workplace-Leave Law for Domestic Violence Victims
Florida has a law that provides up to three days’ leave to an employee who is experiencing domestic violence. But I rarely see it mentioned in employee handbooks, and most clients I’ve represented have never heard of it. In fact,… Read More ›
Age-Detecting App, Designed to Calculate The Age of LinkedIn Users, Halted After Just 4 Days
A software developer’s browser plug-in, created “for fun” to use analytics to calculate and display the age of a LinkedIn user based on profile content (even if no age is mentioned) was halted after just four days. Both LinkedIn and… Read More ›
4 Ways the Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Will Affect Your Workplace
The new US Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage is likely to result in four important changes in the workplace. The changes are more of a technical adjustment in rights than a major change, because many employers were already… Read More ›
8 Signs Your FMLA Rights Have Been Violated
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) is a federal law requiring covered employers to provide employees job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons. Qualified medical and family reasons include: personal or family… Read More ›
Pro-Employee Rulings Clear Path for Three Summer Trials
Federal judges in three of my cases have just cleared the way for trials this summer on our claims of discrimination and retaliation. The rulings themselves are critical victories because, unlike defendants in criminal cases, employees in discrimination cases… Read More ›
Do You Owe Taxes Because Your Boss Mislabeled You an “Independent Contractor”?
The new tax season is now in full swing, and I’ve just finished filing my first wave of new whistleblower lawsuits against employers that misclassified my clients – ordinary employees – as “independent contractors.” The lawsuits allege that their employers… Read More ›
Think Twice Before Allowing Your Employer to Talk to Your Doctor
Think carefully before letting your boss or employer have direct contact with (or get records directly from) your doctor’s office. Your employer may cause problems between you and your doctor. Or your doctor might wind up releasing more information than you intended…. Read More ›
8 Ways to Protect Your Job Search and Career from Big Data “Reputation Scores”
The Rise and Dangers of Big Data & “Reputation Scoring” “Big Data ” – the term referring to the unprecedented volume of personal information being created online every minute – is being vacuumed up at blinding speed by companies… Read More ›