Learn what wrongful termination is, which firing practices are illegal and what rights employers and employees have under ...

Wrongful termination occurs when an employer fires an employee for a reason that is illegal under federal or state law. Despite the term, most firings — even unfair ones — are not legally wrongful. In ...

Wrongful termination includes being fired for discriminatory reasons, violations of the FMLA or as retaliation for legal complaints. Key federal laws such as the Civil Rights Act, ADA, ADEA and PDA ...

As an ex-attorney, I know from experience that one of the too common problems I saw, and an area that brought too small business owners into my office, was when they “tried to play lawyer.” Oh sure, I ...

A former employee asserted disability discrimination, failure to accommodate, failure to engage in the interactive process, ...

Roughly 1.7 million layoffs and discharges occur in the US each month. Only a small share of them ever produce a discrimination charge, a whistleblower complaint, or an unfair labor ...

One of the biggest differences between employment in Canada and employment in the U.S. is the fact that, with the exception of a few ...