I was working at a new job and was suddenly fired after being told I was performing great 3 days prior. The owner found some typos in my work and that was the reason given for my firing. I was a W2 salary employee with benefits. I was the only women on the team and one of the only ones, as they... Read more »
How long were you there? Are thee more than 15 employees? If not, what is the specific municipal location?
Can the company i work for force us to used our pto . And used all of our pto for being out due to covid 19.
I was sent home from work cause of my symptoms, after being tested the firts time results came back incompleted.
I had to get retested and cleared to come back to work .... Read more »
Under the new Families First Coronavirus Response Act, or FFCRA, most employers are required to give you 80 hours or 2 weeks paid under your circumstances. I would ask for this to be applied to that time, to be paid and have your pto restored. If they deny, you can contact the Department of... Read more »
As you can understand this is a new area of law and we are all still learning. Center for Disease Control guidelines do now take precedence over Americans with Disability Act regulations. My concern here is your phrase "ask you to produce a test (result presumably) as opposed to making you... Read more »
Like they were working on prepping for the day (during the corona virus outbreak) and their manager said there will be a $500 fine. Is this correct?
I've never heard of such a thing.
And intimidated by my coworker, our boss, our bosses boss who is also my coworkers mom. I filed an official grievance per comp policy over this. I have now been moved into a corner desk, restricted from speaking with coworkers, threatened with firing, and now they made a revision to our employee... Read more »
Some considerations: Is it the government being defrauded? Is it likely there has been enough time for EEOC to inform the employer of the charge? If so to the second question it may increase or give rise to a retaliation claim. This issue is too important to discuss on a message board and you... Read more »
I was working for a company and I got ill and I was not able to work for two months. My FMLA was exhausted and my short term disability claim was denied. My employer decided to terminate me after the two months. I filed for unemployment and the benefits were denied or the following reason: THE... Read more »
This is a hard area and the DEO changes its official and unofficial policies often. I would appeal the decision and attend the telephone hearing. Although at one point DEO tried to change their policy to say if you could not work due to illness you were ineligible, some hearing officers seems to... Read more »
My sister and daughter work for a 7eleven franchise my sister was fired for a reason but now the owner and co managers from other owned store and business are harrassing my daughter trying to make her quit too. They are talking negative thing to the customers in front of her face. Degrading her and... Read more »
It is difficult to say based on what you have here. For example, as they are both female is any of the harassment based on gender or sex or another protected class?
People are always shocked by this, but in Florida you are not entitled to this time. It is not "banked" in the sense it is yours at the end of the employment as it is is some other states.
I was openly verbally threatened with great physical harm by an employee while in the presence of management (who witnessed the threat spoken), who then claimed they were unable to take action due to the absence of physical contact....is this true? is it legally feasible to sue my employer? I... Read more »
They can take action. They can investigate, suspend, fire that person and/or make sure you aren't working together. You may be able to take action against the employer for several causes, such as negligent hire/retention of that employee. You may need to file with an administrative agency... Read more »
My general manager stated today that ever since I stated I was pregnant I am currently 4 months that I've become dumber and everyone there notices it too. And she constantly talks to my co-workers about me making jokes. Its to the point where I don't even feel like coming in because of... Read more »
Unfortunately, there really is not a suit for emotional abuse. There is for pregnancy discrimination. Pregnancy discrimination in the workplace is shockingly common. I recommend contacting an attorney immediately.
US Courts website has certain tables with data, but nothing about age discrimination.
When you find it let me know. Settlement data especially is very hard to come by as settlements are most often confidential. Plaintiffs and their counsel dont have as much statistical information as exists in some other areas of civil trial law.
I pursued a position within the Federal government in three different occasions, not knowing that I was discriminated all the time on basis of national origin. I have voluminous records showing the employees of the agencies hide evidence in the discovery, obstructed my competition, employees and... Read more »
I have extensive experience representing federal employees. I have further questions but you should call my office to set up a call or email. Thank you. 941-244-0468.
prohibits me from doing so?
I'd be happy to discuss more offline. I am not sure what you mean by prohibit. I recognize there are several things that might be done practically to stop or deter you, i.e. if they control your access to health care, livelihood and career; but hopefully they cant literally stop you.
It could be, but it probably is not. Without evidence that the favoritism is based on class-based discrimination, the behavior is likely permissible under Florida law.
Yes. Depending if you work for local, state or a federal agency, the rules and procedures differ greatly. They also differ from private sector employment/labor rules. You need to speak with an attorney who knows these areas well to get solid insight.
My supervisor resign for pay reduction, I went on paid vacation and my co worker left. When I return I find that they have hire 2 new employees and that both are salaries and make more than me. I ask my boss and he said that he thought I had left too that we planned to leave him alone and... Read more »
Yes, It appears so. This looks like a rare opportunity in practice to sue under the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
An employee at a Hospital in Orlando for the past 6 years. Recently I had brought up age discrimination issues and was told they found nothing to my issue and closed the case as per HR. I then asked to be moved to another department or offer me a severance package. They are offering me 1-month... Read more »
Often an attorney helps at this stage.
T up 50 Cent to 11:50 then raised it now to $13 an hour anybody that has now hired is making $13 which I make $11.55 do or does my employer have to raise my pay 2 at least match the 13 which is there starting pay I am training people to do the same job I'm doing that make more money than I do.... Read more »
Many actions that are fundamentally unfair on their face are not illegal in Florida, unfortunately. You might consider if you are being discriminated against based on a protected class. At this exact moment, it loos like we have an employees market more than at any time in the past 10 years.... Read more »
Can I file my employment discrimination lawsuit at my local area clerk of courts courthouse house
I got my right to sue letter to file an employment discrimination lawsuit and time is winding down to file. Can I file it at my local clerk of courts office in the same area were the incident... Read more »
Your local clerk of court is the state court. Yes you can file in local or federal. In state court you sue under state law, in federal you can bring both federal and state claims. You can file a suit yourself to get it started prior to your statue of limitation deadline, but honestly, you will... Read more »
Discrimination is often difficult to prove. Since this is civil and not criminal law you need a preponderance of evidence not beyond a reasonable doubt, so while many claimants do not have "conclusive" proof it does not mean a claim is not worth bringing. You are looking for some... Read more »
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