Monthly Archives: July 2023
County Settles With Social Worker Fired in Retaliation for Whistleblower Claims
Whistleblower protections apply to all employees who report misconduct by their employers. These protections prohibit employers from firing, demoting, or otherwise taking adverse actions against employees when they report misconduct by their supervisors internally within the company or to regulators or other third parties. It is against the law for your employer to fire… Read More »
Can You Get Disability Accommodations for Chronic Pain?
Laws that prevent employment discrimination on the basis of disability cover a wide variety of physical and mental health conditions which present difficulties in everyday life and for which the person requires an accommodation in order to do his or her job. An accommodation is a modification to the work environment or work schedule… Read More »
Is It Disability Discrimination If Your Employer Fired You Before Your Diagnosis?
Many health conditions do not progress in the way that Hollywood screenwriters would expect. Symptoms can improve or worsen unexpectedly, sometimes for reasons unrelated to known triggers. You may visit multiple doctors over a period of years, and they may disagree about the underlying cause of your symptoms. None of this is your employer’s… Read More »
County Court Administrator Alleges Whistleblower Retaliation
One of the best things about being a public sector employee with a 9 to 5 job is that you never have to work on federal holidays. If you go to a social gathering on such an occasion, the other guests will be amazed at your stories of the dysfunction that goes on in… Read More »
Systemic Racial Hostility or Discrimination in the Workplace
It is difficult to work in an environment where you may be treated unfairly because of your race. Racism in the workplace is not always overt – it will be unlikely that there is a policy in place that favors one race over another. But deliberate actions by management or staff motivated by malice,… Read More »
