As an employee in the United States you have certain rights and protections afforded to you by state and/or federal laws. Like most people, you may believe that you know what those rights and protections are as well as believe that you have a fairly good understanding of the workplace laws that apply to you. […]
As you likely already know, the United States government sets a federal minimum wage rate that applies to most workers in the U.S. In addition, individual states have the option to set a minimum wage rate that is higher than the federal rate. Florida is one of several states that has a minimum wage rate […]
As the expected lifespan of the average American continues to increase, the American workforce finds itself inundated with older workers. Where just a generation or two ago it was virtually unheard of for people to continue working into their 60s and 70s, today it is uncommon for people to actually retire at the official retirement […]
An interesting issue came up today. A potential client sent me the following email: “I had my job threatened on several occasions, I have had raises held back due to taking leave for having a baby. I was threatened to be fired if I got pregnant (which I was pregnant at the time and had to take […]
“I Was Fired for Not Sleeping with My Boss. Is This Legal?” For many people that may seem like an easy enough question to answer; however, not all that long ago in the United States sexual harassment in the workplace was fairly common and relatively well accepted as something employees (mainly women) had to put […]
Both federal and Florida state law make it unlawful to harass someone in your own workplace. Frequently though, the issue is not whether harassment is prohibited or not but how the term “harassment” is defined and identified in practice. If you believe that you have been the victim of workplace harassment, consult with an experienced […]
While there is no guarantee that you will love your job, you should not fear your workplace either. Unfortunately, harassment in the workplace can lead to just that – fear. If you are the victim of harassment in the workplace you may have been advised to file a complaint with human resources, or HR. What […]
The issue of same-sex marriage has been a hotly debated issue in recent years throughout the United States. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s numerous states in the U.S. enacted legislation banning same-sex marriage or passed constitutional amendments accomplishing the same objective. Consequently, many of those laws and amendments were challenged in court as was the […]
Members of the LGBT community and their supporters spent several decades fighting for the legalization of same-sex marriage across the United States. The battle was finally won recently when the Supreme Court of the United States, or SCOTUS, found marriage to be a “fundamental right” in a historic case before the court. Same-sex couples are […]
In the United States, various federal and state laws protect workers from illegal discrimination in the workplace. Many of those laws make it illegal to create a “hostile” work environment. As is often the case, however, with the law, the term “hostile work environment” is something that leaves room for interpretation. If you believe that […]