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Employment and Workplace Disputes
The Firm has extensive experience representing employees who suffer on-the-job discrimination, retaliation and sexual harassment. The Firm routinely represents employees and former employees who were not properly compensated (by not being paid overtime, by being misclassified as “salaried,” or by being misclassified as an “independent contractors).
Numerous state and federal statutes protect employees from being denied a job, denied a raise or a promotion, fired, demoted or retaliated against because of the employee’s race, gender, age, national origin, religion, marital status or disability. These statutes include the Florida Civil Rights Act, Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Workplace and Government Whistleblowing
Many public and private-sector employees are aware their employer is engaged in misconduct and is violating the law. Almost all federal and state employment laws have provisions that protects whistleblowers from retaliation.
False Claims to the Government
Federal and state law protects employees who come forward to the government regarding false claims made to the government. The False Claims Act, also known as a “qui tam” lawsuit, encourages employees with knowledge that their employer is submitting false, fake, fraudulent or erroneous bills, invoices or claims to the government to come forward. Successful claimants receive a significant portion of whatever the government recovers.
Workers’ Compensation
The Firm represents public and private-sector employees who are injured on the job. This includes both physical injuries, such as falls and industrial accidents, to long-term injuries, such as exposure to cancer-causing agents (asbestos, mesothelioma, and other cancers), and mental illness.