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Employment Law
Employment Law
Employment Law in Jackson, Tennessee
Discrimination Claims
Most employees working in Tennessee are “at will” employees. This means that most employees in Tennessee can be fired for any reason or no reason at all. However, it is illegal for employers to discriminate against employees because of their race, age, gender, national origin, disability or genetic information. If you were fired and believe you can prove you were being discriminated against, call us so we can get the information we need to determine if you have a case.
If we think you have a case, we may be willing to represent you on a contingency fee basis, meaning you don’t pay us any attorney’s fees unless we recover money for you. Keep in mind that these cases can be very difficult to prove, and we only accept cases when we believe there is a good chance we will be successful in recovering money for you. If yours is a case we take, we can recover for the devastating losses caused by illegal termination, including lost wages, loss of benefits and compensation for the emotional distress caused by your illegal firing.
Disability Accommodations
The Americans with Disabilities Act requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for qualified disabled employees. The employer must be aware of your disability, and you must request that the employer takes action to enable you to perform the essential functions of the job.
Once an employer (or prospective employer) becomes aware of the disability, it must engage in a dialogue with you to determine if there is a reasonable accommodation it can make that will enable you to perform the essential functions of the job.
An employer who does not engage in this dialogue or who refuses to make a reasonable accommodation is in violation of your rights, and you may be entitled to compensation for the damages caused by the violation. If you believe this has happened to you, please call so we can evaluate your case.
Whistleblowers
In some situations, the law prohibits the firing of or rewarding an employee who reports illegal activity. Employers are prohibited from firing employees who report illegal conduct attributed to the employer. To be successful on these cases, the employee usually must prove that they reported the employer’s illegal activity to the appropriate authority, that the employer was aware that the employee reported the illegal activity and took adverse action against the employee for reporting the illegal activity.
These cases often involve the medical field, Medicare/Medicaid fraud or potential OSHA violations. In some cases where an employee reports widespread fraud involving the government, such as Medicare fraud, mortgage fraud or tax fraud, the employee can recover a percentage of the money the government recovers from the employer. If you believe you were fired because you reported illegal activity by your employer or are aware of widespread fraud, call us.