They say no good deed goes unpunished. That’s what’s usually at the heart of wrongful termination cases. An employee turns whistleblower against discrimination, unsafe working conditions or sexual harassment, and the employer retaliates by firing the...
Month: June 2014
Female employees still face subtle discrimination
As some Indiana employees may know, workplace discrimination can be subtle. There are laws against expressions of overt bias against people on the basis of factors like age, gender and race, but biases that are less obvious can still be damaging. Women may face...
Obama to act on issue of gay rights in the workplace
Many Indiana residents are aware of the ongoing national debate regarding gay rights. While federal laws are in place to guard against race discrimination in the workplace, efforts to expand this protection to cover bias based on an individual's sexual orientation...
Woman files discrimination lawsuit after being terminated
An former Indiana radio personality believes she was subject to discrimination. According to a recent filing in federal courts, the woman believes that her former employer terminated her because of her gender. She charged the station with wrongful termination in...
Jury awards man $100,000 in FMLA lawsuit
As an employee in Indiana, you are generally entitled to take time off work for qualified medical reasons, maternity leave or family reasons and keep your insurance and, in some cases, be paid while away. The Family and Medical Leave Act, or FMLA, gives you the right...
Indiana schoolteacher fired for using in vitro fertilization
A federal judge in Indiana has been asked to grant summary judgment in favor of a diocese that is being sued by a former employee. The former employee had been working for the northern Indiana diocese as a schoolteacher until she was fired for trying to get pregnant...
Indiana firm fined for H-1B violations
After a local ABC-TV afiliate initiated an investigation, an administrative law judge entered penalties against an Indianapolis staffing firm. The company uses H-1B visa sponsorships to hire workers from foreign countries including the Philippines and India. It then...
Do employer retaliation laws extend to physical self-defense?
In the broadest sense, if you work for a private company, you can be fired for whatever reason at any time. As an employee, you can also quit at any time for whatever reason. That’s what’s called “employment at will.” However, there are...
Age discrimination laws in Indiana
Indiana residents may familiar with the term "equal opportunity employer." This is often added to help wanted ads to indicate that an employer does not discriminate based on factors such as race, religion or age. While the laws concerning race based discrimination are...
Sterling faces harassment lawsuit
Indiana residents aware of Donald Sterling's racism scandal be unfamiliar with a new suit pending against the man. According to a claim by a former employee, Sterling subjected the woman to racial discrimination and sexual harassment.The woman's claim says that she...