http://www.marylandemploymentlawyerblog.com/ Published by Andrew M. Dansicker en-us 2011-10-30T22:48:11-05:00 http://www.marylandemploymentlawyerblog.com/2011/10/handling_administrative_hearin.html In the past six months, we have started expanding our employment law practice to represent federal, state and local government employees in administrative hearings, typically terminations, demotions or disciplinary actions, such as suspensions. We successfully represented a client through an... General Employment Andrew M. Dansicker 2011-10-30T22:48:11-05:00 http://www.marylandemploymentlawyerblog.com/2011/06/victory_a_big_victory_in_a_lit.html So, sometimes you take a "little" case on principle, and the outcome turns out to be better than you expect! In April 2009, we filed suit in Baltimore County Circuit Court to obtain about seven thousand dollars in overtime wages... Failure to Pay Overtime Andrew M. Dansicker 2011-06-25T10:11:19-05:00 http://www.marylandemploymentlawyerblog.com/2011/06/maryland_unemployment_appeals_1.html We frequently get questions about how to file an appeal of a denial of unemployment benefits, and questions about what we charge to handle such appeals hearings. As for filing an appeal, the most important thing is to file your... Unemployment Appeals Andrew M. Dansicker 2011-06-02T23:08:31-05:00 http://www.marylandemploymentlawyerblog.com/2011/03/maryland_administrative_hearin.html We've been noticing a significant uptick in the number of persons contacting us looking for representation relating to internal grievance proceedings, administrative law proceedings and internal appeals, primarily for government employees but also for some private employees. Sometimes, as with... General Employment Andrew M. Dansicker 2011-03-30T13:53:13-05:00 http://www.marylandemploymentlawyerblog.com/2010/12/awards_recognition_for_marylan.html Well, its been a very busy few months, but one of the recent highlights was the 20th Anniversary Gala for the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland, where Andrew Dansicker was honored with a Certificate of Congressional Recognition from Congressman... General Employment Andrew M. Dansicker 2010-12-20T11:32:20-05:00 http://www.marylandemploymentlawyerblog.com/2010/10/victory_in_noncompete_case_und.html On Friday afternoon, October 29, 2010, before Judge Susan Souder of the Baltimore County Circuit Court, we defeated a motion for preliminary injunction against our client whereby his former employer, a Baltimore hedge fund, was seeking to prevent him from... Non-Compete Agreements Andrew M. Dansicker 2010-10-31T09:23:39-05:00 http://www.marylandemploymentlawyerblog.com/2010/09/recent_maryland_unemployment_l.html After a mid-Summer lull in unemployment appeals cases, our phone has been ringing off the hook for the past several weeks. Lots of cases where claimants failed to report small amounts of monies earned during a part-time or short-term job... Unemployment Appeals Andrew M. Dansicker 2010-09-05T23:42:10-05:00 http://www.marylandemploymentlawyerblog.com/2010/04/severance_pay_and_unemployment.html One of the most common questions that we have been receiving lately has to do with whether a person can obtain unemployment benefits if they are also receiving severance pay. Unfortunately, in the past, Maryland employees could sometimes obtain unemployment... General Employment Andrew M. Dansicker 2010-04-30T13:34:19-05:00 http://www.marylandemploymentlawyerblog.com/2010/02/does_eeocmchr_mediation_work.html We frequently receive calls from persons trying to figure out whether they should agree to mediate their discrimination or sexual harassment claims at the EEOC or the Maryland Commission for Human Relations. My answer is always the same. Yes. Because... General Employment Andrew M. Dansicker 2010-02-19T00:05:02-05:00 http://www.marylandemploymentlawyerblog.com/2010/02/what_happens_if_you_lose_your.html One of the most frequently asked questions in our office is what happens if you lose the initial unemployment appeals hearing? Or, what if you win the hearing and the employer files an appeal? The next step in the process... Unemployment Appeals Andrew M. Dansicker 2010-02-16T21:48:39-05:00