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Overview of the Constructive Discharge Doctrine
A constructive discharge describes an employee's decision to resign because the employer made the terms and conditions of employment so miserable that reasonable people would resign. Under those circu...
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Can they enforce my Non-compete if they Fired Me?
Non-competition agreements hit fired employees particularly hard, especially when the employer fires the employee without warning or cause. Non-competes hits fired employees with a second whammy, a ba...
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Wrongful Discharge - Terminations that Violate Public Policy
Technically speaking, courts do not recognize a claim for "wrongful discharge," at least by that name. Broadly speaking, any discharge that violates a law, causes great harm or is grossly unfair is "w...
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Trade Secrets Overview
A trade secret is information that is not known to the public, that its owner takes steps to keep from public knowledge and that has value because it is not known to the public. The owners of trade se...
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How to Value Claims for Severance Negotiations
This article describes a process for employment lawyers to use to place a value on a severance pay offer. It involves identifying claims, identifying the damages associated with those claims, discount...
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I was falsely accused of violating HIPAA & fired, I have evidence and damages, but FL = at-will
and immediately terminated from my job without any investigation. I have a pile of actual damages, damages to my reputation, and the complaint filed with HSS by the patient says that I released inform...
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Punitive damages for retaliation in Florida
In a Florida whistleblower retaliation lawsuit, does Florida law provide for punitive damages to the prevailing party or is it specific to compensatory damages only?
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Discrimination gender and race
I was terminated "for cause" and the reason suggested was relationship with clients. I am female and asian. My company was recently bought out and the new management have replaced 3 out of 5 "legacy" ...
applies to Ohio · 2 answers
What are the limits of damages for disability discrimination in FL against a state agency?
What are the limits of damages for disability discrimination (failure to promote) in Florida against a state agency? I understand FL law caps it at like $200,000 and doesn't allow for punitive damages...
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Does this come under liquidity damages?
Hi, I have a lawsuite going on over breach of contract with a company who sponsered my H1b. I left the company due to no-paymentlate payments of my slaray. Before I resigned, I was suppose to join a n...
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