Wrongful termination is a very big term that covers a lot of different scenarios and circumstances. In general, though, it refers to the termination of an employee’s contract of employment in violation of the contract, a written company policy. Wrongful termination is illegal, and if you fire somebody without cause, you can open yourself up [...]
It is unfortunate but sometimes workers are injured on the job to the point that death occurs or is inevitable following the injury. Many families are left with the financial insecurity instability that comes when the main wage earner stops earning wages. In addition, they must learn to live without the person in their lives [...]
If you’ve worked with lawyers before, you know that most attorneys’ practices usually center on very specific fields. Family law attorneys do divorces, while personal injury lawyers protect people who’ve been hurt. An employment or labor attorney litigates on behalf of people who have been wronged by an employer while on the job. If you [...]
With the aging of baby boomer workers and the downturn in the economy, employers may try to replace older employees with younger ones in an effort to save costs. However, the ADEA (Age Discrimination in Employment Act) of 1967 specifically prohibits such actions for companies with 20 or more employees, state and local governments, and [...]
Sometimes in the workplace acts of discrimination happen against people and they may not even realize that they have legal rights that allow them to be treated fairly and justly. This is especially the case in incidents of something called age discrimination. If you’ve been passed over for a job or promotion because you are [...]
Britain is lucky enough to have a very good record when it comes to safety as regards fire. Some people however complain about the amount of time and money spent by companies on fire safety training; one of the reasons for this complaining is the fact that there are relatively few fire related deaths for [...]
Overtime pay has more myths and falsehoods concerning it than the entirety of Greek mythology. A more confusing topic that should be so simple does not exist. Overtime, on its face, looks very simple because it really is. It has become complicated because of the various rules concerning its application and use. The first problem [...]