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• posted: Oct. 27, 2023
• Clayton M. Connors

Your employment retaliation case is complicated, hire an experienced board-certified specialist to help you navigate it. In a retaliation case, the employee must first establish a prima facie case of Read More

• posted: Oct. 27, 2023
• Clayton M. Connors

Nurses:  To qualify for the learned professional employee exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), all of the following tests must be met: · The employee must be compensated on a Read More

• posted: Oct. 27, 2023
• Clayton M. Connors

What You Should Know About the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) is a new law that requires covered employers to provide “reasonable accommodations” to a Read More

• posted: Mar. 23, 2020
• Clayton M. Connors

FAMILIES FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT                  On April 2, 2020, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) will take effect with three significant provisions impacting many private and public sector employers Read More

• posted: May 14, 2019
• Clayton M. Connors

Were you injured on the job and terminated shortly thereafter for filing a workers’ compensation claim with your employer? Were you injured and then harassed or intimidated for asking about Read More

• posted: May 14, 2019
• Clayton M. Connors

PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION The Pregnancy Discrimination Act is part of Title VII and prohibits discrimination against a woman because of pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e(k). Read More

• posted: Aug. 09, 2018
• Clayton M. Connors

ARE YOU DISABLED OR DOES YOUR EMPLOYER REGARD YOU AS DISABLED?  Disability discrimination claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Florida Civil Rights Act (FCRA) require allegations by a plaintiff that is Read More

• posted: Jul. 30, 2018
• Clayton M. Connors

WHAT IS A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT? Does your supervisor yell and curse at you at work. Have you asked yourself, is this a hostile working environment. To establish a claim of Read More

• posted: May 19, 2014
• Clayton M. Connors

LGBT INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS ARE EXPANDING AT A RAPID PACE! In recent years, legal protections for the civil rights of LGBT individuals have expanded at a rapid pace. In 2014, President Obama Read More