Parents face a considerable amount of challenges on a daily basis. Whether juggling a conference call with a newborn or rushing to pick up their sick children from school, parents often have two full-time jobs to navigate. In order to ensure parents are treated fairly and with respect, the federal, state, and local governments enforce […]
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Last night the Maryland General Assembly passed two bills, SB 450 and SB 451, which will increase protections for victims of harassment and discrimination in the workplace. SB 450 eliminates the ‘severe or pervasive’ standard for harassment claims and creates a new standard for harassment claims in the workplace. The prior ‘severe or pervasive’ standard
Whether it’s an employment case, breach of contract dispute or a personal injury lawsuit, it’s impossible to predict what will happen during litigation. Going to court is an inherently unpredictable process with even the seemingly strong cases sometimes failing to obtain the justice sought by the plaintiff. There can be a variety of reasons as
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In most discrimination or retaliation employment cases, the harm suffered is pretty clear. Maybe you get denied a pay raise. Perhaps your boss touched you inappropriately. Or in one of the most obvious cases, you’re denied a new job or get fired from your current one. These are all examples of adverse employment actions. These
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Compensation clawback policies started to gain traction in the early 2000s following the fallout of a series of accounting scandals. Remember hearing about Enron and WorldCom? Thanks to the financial misconduct of executives at those and many other companies, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). One of the provisions in SOX was the
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When it comes to employment rights, Washington, D.C. has one of the most employee-friendly laws in the country. Many of these workplace protections come from the DC Human Rights Act (DCHRA). For example, the DCHRA recognizes more protected characteristics than what’s recognized under federal law. Some of these protected traits include: Political affiliation Marital status
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There are many federal laws that provide a wide range of protections to employees against discrimination. Some of these discrimination protections include: Race, national origin, sex, color and religion (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) Disability (Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) Pregnancy (Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978) Age (Age Discrimination in
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Many working women are victims of workplace discrimination. Understanding the good and the bad of having children and coming back into the work force can make a substantial difference in ensuring that your employment rights are protected. Particularly, gender equity and equal pay are dominating headlines related to the women’s soccer team, which is coming
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The founder of the Spiggle Law Firm, Tom Spiggle, has designed a 7-step self-help employment law program for workers who have been fired, or are afraid that they might be, to learn more about their options. The DIY video and e-book series, “Legal Leverage,” walks users through the steps to determine whether they have a
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Tom Spiggle will join a list of notable speakers on Feb. 2, 2018 at the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA)’s 2018 CLE Conference at the Mayflower Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. Spiggle will join Christine Webber with Cohen Milstein and Alan Kabat from Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC on a panel to talk about discovery issues in employment
