Real Disputes Need Lawyers Who Understand The Fight
A strange phenomenon may have suddenly entered your life without you realizing it was there. One day you may have either been at your work or out looking for a new job and realized you were being discriminated against because of your age.It turns out that age...
It has been 40 years since the Pregnancy Discrimination Act amendment to Title VII established federal protection against discrimination in the workplace for pregnant women. Yet, nearly 31,000 charges of pregnancy discrimination were filed between 2010 and 2015....
As readers of this blog already know, our Denver law office represents Colorado employees who are victims of discrimination or sexual harassment.We do in part because, as previous posts on this blog have discussed, people who have been victims of discrimination,...
A recent decision handed down by the federal Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit will likely make it a lot simpler for employees who are victims of discrimination to take their claims to the steps of the courthouse. The case, which affects Colorado employees, was...
There are more than one ways in which a worker in the Denver area can be a victim of sexual harassment. In some cases, sexual harassment occurs when one's job is directly dependent on whether a worker is willing to engage in a romantic relationship or perform sexual...
While Denver is a great city for employees of all ages to find jobs in, there has been an increasing sense of uneasiness for older workers. Colorado job searchers that are over 40 continue to have no luck in landing a safe position, and many of them attribute it to...
Previous posts on this blog have talked about how employees in the Denver area are protected under both federal and Colorado law from what is called retaliation.Although what is and is not retaliation can be a technical legal question, basically, it happens when an...
Positions in the workplace don’t last forever. Terminations happen, and it’s not always an enjoyable conversation to have on either end. Reasons for termination could be due to downsizing, reorganization or resignation. Regardless of the reason, a separation agreement...
Like many other states, Colorado actually has a minimum wage, $10.20 an hour, that is higher than that required by the federal government. Colorado's Wage Order also requires that employers pay their hourly employees time-and-a-half, $15.30 an hour, when they work...
You signed a noncompete agreement when you started working for your current employer a few years ago. Now, you would like to switch roles, but do not see an appropriate next step within the organization. You’ve decided that you would like to work for another firm, but...