Lawyers tend to forget that non-lawyers know very little about some legal issues or principles that we lawyers take for granted. Following are some of the common misunderstandings that non-lawyers (and even many practicing lawyers and judges) have about the law. Judges Decide Issues of Law and Juries Decide Issues
You work hard your entire life. You raise your family, you are trying to pay for the astronomical cost of college for your children while planning for retirement. You have done everything you were supposed to do. You have aged into your job and what you lack in energy, you
The First Amendment Protects Federal Employees An anonymous Twitter user with the handle @ALT_USCIS has been critically tweeting about the Trump administration’s immigration ban. This alone would not garner much attention, but the anonymous user purports to be a disaffected employee of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, which
The Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 206, requires that men and women be given equal pay for equal work. The Equal Pay Act was originally enacted to address the disparity in pay between men and women and to protect women against discrimination, but the language of the statute has
In the first article, we covered discrimination in the workplace due to race, color, gender, religion and national origin. This article will address age discrimination or ageism. Age Discrimination Under Federal Law The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§621-633 makes it unlawful for an employer to refuse
Many Americans working for private companies are under the mistaken impression that they cannot be fired without a valid cause or for no reason. In reality, the vast majority of Americans working for private companies are “at-will” employees, which means that they can be fired at any time and for
Many of us have been there, trying to get ahead by padding our resume – very often through unpaid labor, more commonly known as internships. But, is it legal for employers to have free interns? The answer is that it really depends on the internship program. Sometimes, employers play the
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) settled a class action today with Ruby Tuesday. The EEOC had alleged that Ruby Tuesday engaged in a pattern of age discrimination against job applicants who were 40 years of age or older at six of the chain’s Pennsylvania and Ohio in violation of
On June 28, 2012, the DC Court of Appeals affirmed a jury verdict for nominal damages for employment law based claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the District of Columbia Human Rights Act (“DCHR”), and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Ivey v. District of Columbia, 09-CV-1511 (D.C.
The Supreme Court recently upheld President Obama’s healthcare law, so you now you are probably wondering how it will affect your small business. The Affordable Care Act provides a variety of programs to help small business provide health insurance for their employees. Below is an overview of some of these
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