Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment is unwanted touching particularly to
certain body parts such as the buttocks or breasts, or promising
job advancement if person agrees to have sex with or date the
supervisor, or constant x-rated conversations regarding sex after
person advises that she or he would like conduct to stop. Each of
these examples becomes a much stronger case if the person
reported the harassment to management and the conduct
continued.

Workers Compensation
Workers' compensation is receiving payment for the
time missed from work and/or for the permanent disability that
resulted from the injury that happened at work and/ or medical
bills that were not paid. Compensation can be obtained for
physical or mental injuries, however, usually a specific act or
activity must have caused the injury.

Civil Rights
Civil rights includes situations where people were fired
solely because of the political party to which they belong. For
example, a worke~s rights are violated when a Republican mayor
fires a worker who is a Democrat. Another violation has occurred
when a police officer made a serious mistake, which caused a
severe injury to a person

Age Discrimination
Age discrimination may have occurred when a person
age 40 or older has been terminated or demoted when his or her
performance was clearly stronger than a person under age 40,
who was not terminated or demoted.

Sex Discrimination

Sex discrimination may have occurred when a person of one sex has been terminated, demoted, or passed over for a promotion and a person of the other sex, who has clearly performed worse, was not terminated, demoted, or received promotion.

Disability Discrimination
Disability discrimination may have occurred when a
person has a permanent disability and has not been
accommodated in the job, even though the person can do the
critical functions of job.

Race Discrimination
Race discrimination may have occurred when a person
of one race had been terminated, demoted, or passed over for a
promotion and a person of another race, who had clearly
performed worse, was not terminated, demoted, or received
promotion.

Religious Discrimination
Religious discrimination may have occurred when a
person of one religion had been terminated, demoted, passed
over for a promotion, or not accommodated for a religious
observance and a person of another religion was not terminated,
demoted or received promotion or was accommodated for a
religious observance.

Severance Agreements
Severance agreements can often be negotiated; what is
important to the employee and employer should be included in
the agreement before the termination has occurred.

Wrongful Termination

Wrongful discharge includes getting fired when a person is off work because of an injury on the job or getting fired because a person reported something illegal being done by the employer; the reporting generally needs to be to an appropriate government agency.