Seeking justice for employees who have been sexually harassed, discriminated against, wrongfully terminated, denied accommodation for disability or injuries, or retaliated against throughout the state of Florida.
There’s been a lot of attention focused on workplace sexual harassment over the past few years. Yet knowing it goes on is not enough to stop it. For that, people need to report it. Unfortunately, research shows...
Employers are not allowed to retaliate against employees who report wrongdoing or file a complaint. That does not mean they don’t. Many bosses and managers get away with it because their workers are either unsure...
Not all employers treat their employees as well as they should. Some make no attempt to hide their mistreatment. Others are more devious about it. One cover way that an employer can mistreat their workers is to...
The conversation about ableism - intentional and unintentional discrimination that favors able-bodied people - in the workplace has expanded rapidly in recent years. According to the CDC, more than a quarter of...
Bullying isn’t limited to school environments. It happens in the workplace, too and hierarchy often has a role to play. More than 50 percent of bullied employees are in non-supervisorial roles, and 65 percent of...
Many of the employment actions that involve asserting your rights create protection for you under federal law. Whether you talk with coworkers about their wages to start the process of unionizing your workplace or...
Many businesses use dress codes. In some cases, employees are given a specific uniform to wear. In other cases, they are told just to wear business professional attire. This can be legal, but it can also be a...
Whistleblowing, or the act of disclosing illegal or unethical activity by an organization to people outside of the organization, is often a difficult decision for employees. However, there are laws that provide...
When a single employee is fired, they may believe that they’re being discriminated against. Perhaps they had better production numbers than other employees, but they still lost their job and they think it’s...
Your employer asks you to work overtime after a long day, but you agree to it because you’d like to make the extra money. You know that you’re supposed to be paid time-and-a-half for any overtime hours that you...
