“We wanted to send a message,” a jury foreman told reporters in the wake of a recently rendered verdict in an employment-linked matter. Message received. A mere three hours of deliberation were all that was required in one state recently for a verdict to...
More than seven a day on average, every day of the year. That number refers to pregnancy discrimination complaints fielded by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission during 2018. To be precise, the EEOC was asked to intervene in such matters 2,790 times. That...
Short answer to the above-posed headline query leading off today’s blog post: You might have. A recurrent scenario plays out daily in Delaware workplaces and other employment locales spanning the country. Word ripples across a company that a top-tier employee...
Dealing with long-term disability insurance is rarely simple. This is especially true when it comes to filing an appeal – a process that can feel like endless paperwork entangled in many hard-to-remember rules. However, there is one important element that anyone...
The above-posed headline query in today’s blog post is certainly not intended as a trick question. Readers of our long-tenured multi-practice Delaware law firm might reasonably intuit that there is no simple and definitive answer to the question, though. In...
Here’s a potential scenario that spells a bona-fide concern from a Delaware employer’s perspective: A top employee has just left the firm, and company principals fear that the worker will divulge closely kept trade secrets to a rival company. And...
Select workers in many Delaware businesses are intimately involved at high levels in matters concerning their employers’ policies, business plans and proprietary data. Company principals know that, while such employees are key assets to their enterprises, they...
Workplace discrimination can happen during an interview, shortly after you started a new job, or after 20 years of working for a company. Discrimination can happen to anyone, in any job industry. If you believe you were mistreated, denied a promotion or terminated...
When employees report discrimination or blow the whistle in the workplace, they have specific rights under federal and Delaware laws. These protections forbid retaliation. Unfortunately, that does not stop employers from retaliating against employees or firing...
Understanding one's rights is the first step to protecting them. That is why individuals must understand the rights they have under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). However, the act covers a lot of ground. It prevents workplace discrimination based on...
