Employees who have been wrongfully terminated from their jobs may be entitled to compensatory damages, including back pay on lost wages. They may even be able to get their job back by filing a wrongful termination lawsuit against their employer. Such a lawsuit typically alleges that an employee was fired or let go in violation of the...

Laid Off? Terminated? At-Will Employment? What Does It All Mean?In day to day language, many of these terms can be used interchangeably. Normally, being “laid off” or being “terminated” or being “fired” mean the same thing. In the realm of the law, however, these terms are specifically defined to mean different things. The differences...

Does it seem like your boss is always picking on you? For some reason, you get written up for things that your co-workers do without consequence? Maybe your supervisor never approves your vacation time requests? Or do you feel like you were passed over for a promotion, though you were the most qualified candidate?...

Being terminated from a job has to be one of the hardest things that can happen in a person's career. It's hard under any circumstances, but when an employee feels that they have been wrongfully terminated, it's even worse. Unless blatant, wrongful termination is difficult to prove and requires the employee to document as much...

Despite what many employers seem to think, drug testing employees is not free for all they would like it to be.  Employers are quite limited in when they can request drug tests for employees.WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN OFFERED A JOBAn employer may require suspicionless drug testing as a condition when they offer you a job before you...