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After a Difficult Meeting With HR: Advice for Employees

by Matthew Ruggles | Oct 16, 2024 | Disability Discrimination, Workplace Discrimination, Workplace Harassment, Workplace Retaliation, Wrongful Termination

As discussed in Matt’s two prior blogs advising employees what to do to prepare for a meeting with HR and what to do during a meeting with HR, what an employee does and doesn’t do after a difficult meeting with HR is very important. For most people, a difficult...

Meeting with Human Resources: Tips for Employee Success

by Matthew Ruggles | Oct 13, 2024 | Disability Discrimination, Workplace Discrimination, Workplace Harassment, Workplace Retaliation, Wrongful Termination

Most employees do not relish the opportunity to meet with Human Resources to discuss problems. Instead, most meetings between an employee and HR are initiated by HR to address an employee’s performance problems, to interview an employee about alleged workplace...

Preparing to Meet with Human Resources: Practical Advice

by Matthew Ruggles | Oct 9, 2024 | Disability Discrimination, Workplace Discrimination, Workplace Harassment, Workplace Retaliation, Wrongful Termination

The Dreaded Meeting with Human Resources: How Employees Should Prepare for the Meeting In this blog post, Matt Ruggles explains what an employee should do and what an employee should not do when preparing to meet with Human Resources. Preparing to meet with Human...

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: A Guide for Pregnant Employees

by Matthew Ruggles | Oct 4, 2024 | Disability Discrimination, Reasonable Accommodation, Workplace Discrimination, Wrongful Termination

In 2023, the U.S. Congress enacted the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), ushering in a new era of protections for pregnant employees. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) regulations interpreting the PWFA took effect in June 2024, setting...

The At-Will Employment Hoax: How Employers Cover Up Wrongful Termination

by Matthew Ruggles | Oct 2, 2024 | Wrongful Termination

Introduction Almost everyone that has ever held a job has heard of “at-will employment.” If there is one employment policy that all employers make crystal clear during the hiring process, in the personnel manual, on every single form, in every single policy, and in...

Employment Lawsuit Deposition: A Guide for Employees

by Matthew Ruggles | Sep 23, 2024 | Disability Discrimination, Lawsuit Deposition, Workplace Discrimination, Workplace Harassment, Workplace Retaliation, Wrongful Termination

Introduction A deposition is an integral part of almost all lawsuits, but is particularly important in employment lawsuits alleging claims for harassment, discrimination, retaliation or wrongful termination of employment. For plaintiffs (usually the former employee...