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The Whistleblower Act protects workers who report inappropriate or illegal behavior of co-workers or bosses to the proper superiors. Despite those legal protections, there are still incidents where an employee who reports a specific behavior is terminated as...
Local police departments, much like other positions in local government, may make news for reasons other than the quality of the jobs being performed. The termination of a public official in Colorado or elsewhere can lead to scrutiny if that termination appears to...
A contentious work environment can be the result of any number of factors. However, there are times when a level of contention results from underlying tones or acts of discrimination that create a difficult working environment and may possibly lead to termination of...
Knowing an employer has acted wrongfully against you and proving that the employer is legally in the wrong are two very different things. The process of filing a claim of wrongful termination based on retaliation can be more complicated than it seems. Anyone in...
Those who work in education in Colorado may be interested in a number of employment law claims made with respect to public school employees in another state. The wrongful termination cases were recently settled. In excess of $400,000 must now be paid with regard to...
There may be incidents when an employer and an employee simply don't see eye to eye and can't work without conflict or worse. While it isn't illegal or unusual to not necessarily like each other or get along, it is illegal for an employer to use his or her position to...
For those who coach or work in another capacity in the field of athletics, a contract for employment may be a season-to-season agreement. Along with the renewal of a contract to continue in a position may come the chance to earn more money. One college football coach...
Workers' rights and union issues can be a hot-button topic for some industries and companies. One well-known international beverage company, Coca-Cola, has just settled a suit related to issues revolving around one man's attempt to unionize at a bottling plant. Any...
If a person works for a corporation and an incident he or she deems to be discriminatory occurs, there are typically established procedures for reporting that incident or behavior. In fact, all major corporations in Colorado and elsewhere have procedures in place to...
When someone is a public figure or is well-known in the community, any kind of legal action against them may become public knowledge even if they don't want it to. When this legal action centers on accusations of wrongful termination in Colorado, the person being sued...