Richard Celler
As a worker in the United States you are fortunate to be protected by a number of powerful state and federal laws. Chief among those laws is the Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA. The FLSA is a federal law that governs two important aspects of employment – minimum wage and overtime pay. The FLSA […]
In the United States, tipping is big business. In certain service industries, it is customary to receive fairly significant tips from clients or customers. In fact, in some jobs tips are counted on as income by the workers as well as factored into an employees pay by employers. While employers often pay tipped employees less […]
We have come a long way in the United States from the days when people suffering from AIDS/HIV were ostracized and victimized due, in large part, to ignorance about the disease. Unfortunately, we have yet to completely eradicate the myths and misconceptions surrounding AIDS/HIV. As a result, people suffering from AIDS/HIV continue to face discrimination […]
As the 20th century came to an end in the United States it appeared as though ethnic discrimination and racism in the workplace was finally coming to an end. Unfortunately, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 ushered in a new era of discrimination in the workplace. This can prompt questions such as “I am […]
Like most employees, you probably value your job. In fact, you probably need your job in order to pay your bills every month. While that should make you a conscientious and hard-working employee, it should not make you vulnerable to sexual harassment by a supervisor. “What should I do though if my supervisor is sending […]
Sometimes an employee faces a family emergency or medical crisis that requires the employee to take more than a day or two off of work. Prior to the passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act, or FMLA, an employee risked losing his or her job by asking for an extended leave. Fortunately, the […]
In the United States, various federal and state laws protect employees from discrimination in the workplace. Some forms of discrimination are obvious while others are more subtle. Harassment, for example, can rise to the level of discrimination if the conduct is extreme and/or ongoing. Furthermore, it does not have to be your employer who is […]
In the United States, both federal and state laws make it illegal to discriminate in the workplace; however, for that discrimination to be legally actionable it must be a covered form of discrimination. Most people are familiar with some of the most common forms of prohibited discrimination such as discriminating on the basis of race […]
Do you suspect that your employer is committing fraud against the government? Have you uncovered evidence that your employer is cheating the government out of income by filing a less than accurate tax return each year? If your employer doing anything else that is ultimately costing the government money in the form of lost revenue […]
Every day presents different employment law issues, including pregnancy discrimination in the workplace. Today, a woman came to my office. She had worked for a call center for a short period of time. When she was hired, she was newly pregnant, and didn’t disclose it because she wasn’t showing and feared nobody would hire her. Three months […]