Green Savits Employment Law Blog

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many businesses to make hard decisions, leaving countless workers unclear of their rights and protections. If you’ve lost your job due to the coronavirus outbreak and suspect your termination may have been unlawful, contact the experienced wrongful discharge lawyers at Green Savits, LLC.

Although many companies have done their best to navigate the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic with the well-being of their employees in mind, others have chosen to scale back by unlawfully firing their employees.

In the United States, employment is generally “at-will”,...

Employees who earn tips often have different sets of rights than employees who get an annual salary or hourly wages. The rights of tipped employees can be complicated and, unfortunately, are often violated by employers.

At Green Savits, LLC,  our experienced attorneys have represented many employees in federal and state trial and appellate courts who have been denied minimum wages, overtime compensation, bonuses or commissions to which they were entitled. We understand the complex laws related to wage and hour violations, and we are prepared to fight vigilantly on your behalf to protect your rights and best interests.

Employees often call us about whether their employer is required to give them time off to care for a sick family member or newborn baby. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, many are wondering if they can take family and medical leave to care for family members who have been affected by the virus.

Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all answer to this question. Only certain employers are required to provide time off to care for sick family members. The experienced employment attorneys at Green Savits, LLC understand the complexities of these matters and can help protect your rights.

Many potential clients enter our office to pursue their claims of discrimination with stacks of documents that they think support their cases. Some of these documents are merely their own performance evaluations or company policies that they were given to them at the start of their employment. However, sometimes, clients bring us copies of emails, company financial information, or other employees’ performance evaluations that they helped themselves to when they still had access to their employers’ documents. This always begs the question, “was their self-help legal?”

Self-help copying of documents is always a risk. While copying...