Signs of Employment Discrimination
In the 2022 fiscal year alone, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received 73,485 employment discrimination charges. This is a significant number of...
What is a Protected Class in the Workplace?
Realizing that you’re being treated differently than your coworkers can be extremely upsetting. When you’re being treated unfairly and it’s hurting your...
Law360 Covers Unequal Pay Complaint Represented by Barrett & Farahany Partner V. Severin Roberts
Law360 recently covered a complaint brought by former warehouse worker V.A., who alleges that she was terminated for reporting that she was...
What Is Considered Workplace Sexual Harassment?
Employees need to receive fair treatment and be respected to be successful in their careers. Unfortunately, discrimination and harassment can make this...
Ways Retaliation Occurs in the Workplace
Many people would like to think that if they witnessed illegal actions and behaviors in the workplace, they would swiftly report them....
What to Do When You’re Being Sexually Harassed at Work
You expect to feel safe at work, at the very least. However, this isn't the case for many employees throughout the country....
Amanda Farahany Selected to 2023 Top 50 Lawyers in America List
Barrett & Farahany is pleased to announce that Partner Amanda Farahany has been selected to the 2023 Top 50 Lawyers in America...
Workplace Retaliation: When Your Employer Goes Too Far
You might have been a victim of workplace retaliation without even knowing what workplace retaliation is. Therefore, we first need to understand...
FMLA: Who is covered by the Family Medical Leave Act?
The Family Medical Leave Act, more commonly known by its acronym FMLA, is a labor law designed to provide certain rights to...
How To Prove A Hostile Work Environment?
Hostile work environments are not the easiest things to prove, but there are clear signs and evidence that you can consistently find...
Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace
Pregenancy discrimination is a reality faced by many women in the workplace whether they are in low-wage, physically demanding occupations, high-wage occupations,...
Fostering A Healthy Workplace Culture
Types of Workplace Culture A workplace has a life of its own, to a certain extent. Each place of employment has its...
Should I Get a Lawyer for an Unemployment Appeal?
Have You Been Denied Unemployment Benefits? After receiving a denied unemployment claim, you have a chance to appeal. But the timeline is...
Can I sue for wrongful termination?
After pouring time, energy and talent into your work, it's frustrating to be fired from your job without warning and without explanation....
What is a Non-Compete Agreement?
In the rush of onboarding, it's sometimes easy to overlook an important document all new hires have to sign—the non-compete agreement. Sometimes...
What you should know before agreeing to a severance package
After a layoff, anxious employees sometimes sign whatever severance agreement they're offered, failing to appreciate that they may have more leverage to...
Understanding Equity in Hiring
Discussions of workplace discrimination often center on actions that occur during someone's time as an employee. But workplace safeguards extend to the...
How are pregnant employees protected against discrimination?
Many women are pregnant at some point during their working life, yet workplaces often still treat pregnancy as an impossible obstacle to...
How Does the Law Protect Religious Freedom in the Workplace?
Just this fall, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced three major settlements involving religious discrimination lawsuits. The cases, which originated...
Mental Health in the Workplace
Mental health, once a taboo topic for many employers, became a top business consideration in 2021 as people became more open during...
How to Spot Workplace Retaliation
Every year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reports its annual charges based on categories of discrimination. Year after year, retaliation tops...
Employee Spotlight: Lacey Wilson
Lacey Wilson is a law clerk with Barrett & Farahany's Alabama Trial Practice Group and a third-year law student at Samford University's...
Is Workplace Monitoring and Surveillance Legal in Georgia?
For anyone who works in a retail job or who may have in the past, it’s no surprise that much of the...
Summary Judgment Orders From September
Laura E. Alkins v. Butch Conway, in his official capacity; District Judge William M. Ray, II and Magistrate Judge Linda T. Walker;...