Transcript: 00:00:00 So, a layoff is a very tricky situation. Uh, depending on your age, uh, it may be a form of age discrimination. And in that situation, you should ask your employer for a list of all the people that were laid off to see where you fit demographically, uh, on a list

 Transcript: 00:00:00 So that’s a very good question. First, before we get into the meat of the facts that would give rise to a constructive discharge, let’s understand what that term is. A constructive discharge is a work environment that is made so intolerable that you as an employee have no choice but to

 Transcript: 00:00:00 So potential clients come to me all the time and ask me, can I get more money when they are presented with a severance agreement? 00:00:10 And candidly, it depends. It depends on the facts of the situation and whether or not you have leverage. And what I mean by leverage is

 Transcript: 00:00:00 So wage theft can take many forms. First, we need to differentiate between an employee who is a salaried employee and an employee who is an hourly employee. So typically, the law would allow an employer to legally pay someone an annual salary as opposed to being hourly if they are a

 Transcript: 00:00:00 So, I have potential clients that come to me and say, “I’ve been a victim of sexual harassment at work. I’ve complained about it. There was an investigation. Something must have happened to my sexual harasser, but what do I do? I mean, I I I have to interact with the alleged

 Transcript: 00:00:00 Well, the answer is it depends. So, as an employee working for a company, there’s a concept called at will employment. That means you can be fired for any reason or no reason. And it could be the most morally reprehensible reason so long as it’s not unlawful. And what I mean