If a long-term absence from work for medical treatment is due to a work-related injury, the time from work and costs associated with the medical...

The question, really, is whether the employer's conduct creates a hostile work environment for some employees because of their religious beliefs...

Being fired after I was offered job and already have been working for 2 weeks.

Yes, it does seem fishy. Atty. Meisenhelder is correct that federal law prohibits pregnancy discrimination. Connecticut also has a law prohibiting...

Can we file a lawsuit?

You and your co-workers may have claims for workplace discrimination. But an important issue would be whether or when they plan on eliminating...

Although the Family and Medical Leave Act does not provide for emotional distress damages, it does provide for double economic damages and...

If an employer insists an employee signs a best practice agreement for job preformamace is this a legal contract?

If you are asking whether such an agreement would be enforceable, that is going to depend on the content of the document. If you are asking if an...

Employers can lawfully condition employment on employees' willingness to commute, but they can't single out members of a protected class (such as...

Can we sue.

Is that really what you want to do? Sue a waitress who most likely lives on the server's minimum wage plus tips because you told her the...

Is illegal for an employer's payroll system to punch you out during a shift

Although many state and federal employment laws do not apply to employees of businesses located on Indian territory (because the tribe will have...

This is really a criminal defense question and you should ask in that forum rather than under Employment. However, there does not appear to be...