Despite significant strides in equity and diversity policy, discrimination in the workplace remains a pervasive issue across Maryland. It’s critical that you know your rights and the remedies available to you, and that’s where an experienced Annapolis employment law...
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Navigating Severance Negotiations: How a Maryland Employment Attorney Can Safeguard Your Rights
Whether due to restructuring, downsizing, individual circumstances, or a choice to retire, navigating the legal nuances surrounding severance negotiations can be daunting. Severance negotiations are a delicate process, and Maryland law doesn’t make it easy for...
Maryland and DC Employment Retaliation Lawyer
Retaliation in the workplace occurs when an employer takes a materially adverse action against an employee for engaging in protected activities, such as reporting workplace harassment or asserting their legal rights. While federal, Maryland, and Washington, DC laws...
Harassment and bullying in the Maryland workplace
We have shined a light on sexual harassment in our workplaces, revealing the shocking frequency and severity of such disturbing and illegal conduct. But harassment goes beyond that of a sexual nature. And during the public health emergency when many are working from...
The Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, part 2
In part 1 of this post, we introduced Maryland’s law that gives most employees in the state the right to accrue time off for sick and safe leave. What is sick leave? The employee may take earned sick leave time for: Medical treatment Preventive medical care for self...
Employee rights to sick and safe time off in Maryland, part 1
On Feb. 11, 2018, the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act took effect after the General Assembly had voted to override the governor’s veto of the bill. This state law requires private, nonprofit, and state or local government employers in Maryland to provide “earned...
Virginia employer failed to pay overtime to 58 home health care workers
At our law firm, we fight for the wage-and-hour rights of employees in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and California. Those rights are based on federal and state laws and include being paid minimum wage and proper overtime, being paid on time, being paid for...
Racial harassment against Asian Americans at work during COVID-19
U.S. media outlets have reported many instances of increased harassment and violence against people of Asian descent since the onset of COVID-19, which originated in Wuhan City, China. For example, 58% of Asian adults feel that people more commonly say racially...
EEOC updates guidance on employment discrimination based on religion
On Jan. 15, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) approved a revised version of its Compliance Manual’s section on religious discrimination in the workplace. The guidance in the manual does not carry the force and effect of law, but gives...
New EEOC rules for conciliation process in work discrimination claims
At our law firm, we represent employees and job applicants who experienced unlawful employment discrimination, harassment or retaliation. Victims may decide to file claims against their employers with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the...