Racial discrimination in the workplace is tragically common. A survey by the Trade Union Congress found that over 70% of ethnic minority workers report having experienced racial harassment at work. Around 60% of ethnic minority workers state that they have been...
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Can You Get Fired For Taking FMLA In Baton Rouge?
Were you counting on having your job when you returned from taking FMLA only to be fired while on your leave or soon after your return? Depending on the circumstances, you might have a wrongful termination case that you can bring to court in Baton Rouge, LA. Legally,...
COVID-19: Can You Take Paid Leave If You’re In The Risk Group?
Less than half of working Americans had a paycheck in May, says Business Insider, due to the now-notorious COVID-19 layoffs. However, employees who still have their jobs are facing different complications. For those working Americans who are especially susceptible to...
Are You Missing Wages Because Of COVID-19?
Across the United States and around the globe, employees are facing unemployment because of the coronavirus. The state of Louisiana saw nearly 103,000 unemployment claims for the week of April 4th, according to the Daily Advertiser. As businesses are forced to close,...
How to Gather Evidence to Support Your Wage Claim Case
While it’s a tragic truth that wage theft is a nationwide problem, workers in Baton Rouge, LA may be at heightened risk of wage theft. According to WageTheft.org, the south is one of the regions where wage theft crime is most concentrated. Wage theft is sometimes...
4 Real-Life Examples of Unpaid Wage Victims
When you take a job, you expect to be paid, right? However, across the United States, employers from every industry, skill level, experience level, and demographic are getting their rightful wages withheld from them. In some cases, the missing wages are an accident on...
AA Automotive Sued in Class Action Filed By The Los Angeles Labor Law Lawyers
The Los Angeles employment law lawyers at Blumenthal, Nordrhaug & Bhowmik filed a pending class action lawsuit against AA Automotive Personnel Services, Inc (“AA Automotive”). The primary allegations in the complaint allege that AA Automotive failed to compensate...
How Can an Unpaid Wages Attorney Help You?
An unpaid wages attorney can help you much the same way that Frank was helped by the unpaid wage attorney he hired. You see, Frank was the archetypal employee. He worked for the same company for over 15 years. He was always on time, never called in sick, never took...
Fighting for Your Hard Earned Money – How an Unpaid Wage Lawyer Can Help
You’ve been working the same desk job in marketing for over eight years. Things started off great, and you felt that your work environment was productive and fulfilling the work aspect of your life. However, as the years went on, management changed, coworkers we...
Get What You Earned With an Overtime Wage Claims Attorney
When do overtime wage claims attorneys play a significant role? You clock in every day, not just right on time, but five minutes early. That’s because you adopted your grandfather’s “on time is late, early is on time” work ethics. Over the past couple months, however,...