by Joey Niskar | Apr 20, 2018 | Updates
Your employer, or a possible new employer wants you to sign a non-compete agreement. It will effectively prohibit you from working for a period of time if your employment ends for any reason. And, the employer is not offering to pay you any extra money to sign the...
by Joey Niskar | Apr 5, 2018 | Updates
You have been denied a job, denied a promotion, or fired from a job, because the boss feels that you are too young to hold the position. Is that unlawful age discrimination? Yes. And, no. The federal law on point, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act...
by Joey Niskar | Apr 4, 2018 | Updates
You are being sexually harassed by a customer or client of your company. Can the company be held responsible for that sexual harassment? Yes. But, like many other situations involving sexual harassment, the employer’s liability is not automatic. An employer...
by Joey Niskar | Apr 3, 2018 | Updates
You need a leave of absence from work. Are you entitled to one? Maybe. If you need a leave of absence due to your own medical condition, to care for an immediate family member who has a medical condition, to bond with a newborn baby, or to care for military service...
by Joey Niskar | Mar 23, 2018 | Updates
One hot-button issue in the area of employment disability law is whether, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, working from home is a “reasonable accommodation” that an employer must allow to enable an employee with a disability to perform his or her...
