Well, I recently noticed that we have not posted any blog entries in several months regarding our Maryland clients — probably because we have been too busy settling and winning cases! In the last four months, we have reached favorable settlements for a number of clients, including the following: *…
After not filing any federal lawsuits in nearly a year, we have filed three federal complaints in the past few weeks, all concerning different areas of employment law. The first case was filed suit on behalf of a single mother who was fired from her job as a department manager…
A quick lesson from a wage and overtime case that I just settled earlier this month — if your employer asks you to undertake a task that benefits the employer, then the employer may be required to pay you for that task. In this case, my client drove a truck…
During the past six months, I’ve settled three cases involving similar situations that most employers — and potential employees — do not even realize violates Maryland law. Here’s what happens: Company A recruits an employee from Company B, or advertises for an open position, and an employee from Company B…
As regular readers know, I handle numerous unemployment appeals on behalf of persons who have either been denied unemployment benefits on the grounds that they engaged in misconduct or gross misconduct or voluntarily resigned their job. I thought I would simply list a few of my recent cases to give…
Many people who contact me to challenge the denial of their unemployment benefits are pleasantly surprised to learn that even though they’ve been found to have engaged in gross misconduct because they got into an altercation with their supervisor, they may still be entitled to unemployment benefits. The reason is…
Perhaps its my imagination, but its seems like I am getting at least two or three inquiries each week from persons who believe they were improperly terminated in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) — and some of them may have a case! Just last week we…
Sometimes people come to me and ask whether they can obtain unemployment benefits in Maryland if they voluntarily quit their job. The short answer is, it depends. If you quit for a better job, then you will not qualify for unemployment. The same is true if you quit because your…
Unfortunately, most employees are not afforded the luxury of entering into a written employment contract with their employer. For those who do, however, keep in mind that your employer cannot arbitrarily terminate your employment. If the employment contract is for a one-year term, then your employer can only terminate your…
With tough economic times upon us, I have been meeting with more and more employees and executives who have been asked to sign severance agreements. I am often asked, why is my employer so adamant that I sign such an agreement? Is is because I have a strong potential lawsuit…