Recent Blog Posts
Can My Employer Fire Me Because of My Accent?
Do you have an accent that a prospective employer or current employer has commented on? Have customers or clients at your place of employment remarked on your accent or asked questions about where you are from? Depending on the circumstances, you could be experiencing unlawful ethnicity or national origin discrimination. And if your employer… Read More »
How Does Pregnancy Discrimination Relate to Sex Discrimination?
As a job applicant or an employee in South Florida, you have legal protections against pregnancy discrimination. Existing prohibitions against pregnancy discrimination are relatively broad, and they protect you against various forms of discrimination that seem connected to prohibitions against sex and gender discrimination. How does pregnancy discrimination relate to sex discrimination? In short,… Read More »
Reasonable Accommodations for Deaf Job Applicants and Employees
Do you have a hearing disability? According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), about 15 percent of Americans have some type of hearing difficulties, and many of those people may have disabilities according to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Hearing-related disabilities, according to the EEOC, can include deafness, being hard of hearing,… Read More »
Employment Discrimination on the Basis of Your Marital Status
State and federal employment discrimination laws prohibit employers from discriminating against job applicants or employees on the basis of protected characteristics, which are typically understood as immutable characteristics such as race, national origin, sex, age, and disability. Yet the Florida Civil Rights Act (FCRA) also provides protection against discrimination because of marital status. What… Read More »
Does My Medical History Count As Genetic Information?
Job applicants and employees in South Florida often want to keep their personal medical records private, and they do not want potential or current employers to find out certain information about their medical histories or tests they have undergone. Workers often worry that they will lose out on promotions or benefits if an employer… Read More »
What is the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009?
Job applicants and employees have protections against employment discrimination on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, and other protected characteristics or identity features, including pay-related discrimination, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In other words, an employer cannot pay you less than another employee in the same role and with… Read More »
Website Access and Blind Plaintiffs: When Can You File an ADA Claim?
Have you recently tried to use a business’s website and had difficulty because of the lack of accessibility features on the website? This might be true of any type of business, from a local retail store to a national chain store, or from a local veterinary office practice where you are trying to make… Read More »
Does Florida Have a CROWN Act?
Have you recently faced discrimination in the job application process or in your current place of employment because of your decision to wear a natural or protective hairstyle? Black women in Florida and throughout the country have historically been subject to this form of discrimination, and both federal and state lawmakers across the country… Read More »
Can Microaggressions Be Serious Enough for a Discrimination Claim?
Employment discrimination in the hiring process or in day-to-day employment can be obvious in some situations. For example, an employer might ask questions in an interview about a job applicant’s sexual orientation or race that are clearly unlawful under state and federal law. However, it is more common for employment discrimination to take more… Read More »
Am I Entitled to a Reasonable Accommodation at Work for Anxiety and Depression?
Mental health conditions can impact a person’s life in many different ways, and they can make it more difficult for a person to perform tasks that may be easy and straightforward for another person. Title I of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) provides various protections for job applicants and employees with disabilities… Read More »
