After losing your job, you probably face a wide variety of questions. Will the loss of your job damage your career? Can you find a new position? How will you support yourself and your family? If you suspect that your employer fired you without reason, you may face one...
You lost your job. Was it wrongful termination?
After losing your job, you probably face a wide variety of questions. Will the loss of your job damage your career? Can you find a new position? How will you support yourself and your family? If you suspect that your employer fired you without reason, you may face one...
Hygienists compensated after age-based wrongful termination
Wrongful termination can happen in many ways in Delaware and across the country. People can lose their jobs because of their race, religion, sexual orientation or age. For people who have been negatively impacted in their job due to these and other factors, it may be...
What is your health insurance worth?
When business professionals are let go, laid off, or terminated due to downsizing or restructuring they are often offered a severance package. While many can see the obvious benefits of receiving stock options or getting their salary for a longer period of time, few...
Sexual harassment following the Weinstein verdict
For many Delaware employees, the Harvey Weinstein trial and guilty verdict might seem remote. However, Weinstein's prosecution and subsequent guilty verdict demonstrate a new awareness of the problems of sexual harassment in the workplace. In the era of #MeToo, more...
What is an employment termination hearing for public employees?
The due process clause of the 14th Amendment guarantees that no state put into effect a law that deprives any person of “life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” What this means when it comes to employment law is that all public employees must receive...
What is a Loudermill hearing?
Most people have heard of due process but few have heard of Loudermill hearings. Every American citizen has the right to due process: You cannot be deprived of your life liberty or property without you being told of it and given a fair hearing before the property is...
Do you have recourse as a terminated high-level employee?
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...
How do you prove wrongful termination in retaliation?
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...
