Workers deserve the pay they have earned from a hard day’s work. When they do not receive the wages they have earned for the hours they have worked, wage and hour laws protect them. Workers need to be familiar with employment laws that provide protections including...
Year: 2020
Workplace retaliation is prohibited
Employees should not have to fear workplace retaliation. When employees report harassment or discrimination in the workplace, it is important that employers take those concerns seriously and do not retaliate against the employee in response to any complaint they have...
Employers are prohibited from discriminating
Employees and those seeking employment have important protections against discrimination that they should be familiar with. Employers are prohibited from discriminating against employees in the workplace and in the application process. Types of prohibited...
What are the different types of sexual harassment?
There are different types of sexual harassment recognized under the law that workers should be familiar with. Most importantly, victims of sexual harassment should understand that they do not have to tolerate sexual harassment in the workplace and that it is...
Be prepared to aggressively handle your retaliation case
Disagreements arise in the workplace all the time. In most cases, those disputes are resolved relatively easily without any harm coming to the parties involved. Sometimes, though, employers retaliate against employees for actions they disagree with, even when those...
Here’s what your employer can’t do under the FMLA
As a worker, you have multiple protections afforded to you under both state and federal law. Some of the most wide-ranging protections come from the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). This federal law guarantees unpaid time off from your job without fear of negative...
Appealing a denied claim under CADA
If you think that you’ve been discriminated against in the workplace, then you need to file a complaint with Colorado Civil Rights Division (CCRD). This state agency is tasked with enforcing the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA), which prohibits discrimination...
Know these crucial elements of your employment contract
Most people in Colorado are at-will employees, meaning that they can be fired at any time and for just about any legal reason. Those who are subject to an employment contract can escape that uncertainty. However, the terms of an employment contract can have...
Key things to consider in your severance agreement
If you've ever been called into a meeting with your supervisor and a representative from the Human Resources department, then you know that your adrenaline can cloud the moment. While you're trying to figure out what's going on and how you got to this point, your...
A primer on quid pro quo sexual harassment
You would think that with all of the attention that sexual harassment has garnered over the last five years or so that it would be rooted out of workplaces across the country. The sad reality, though, is that sexual harassment continues to occur on a daily basis....