Some, if not most, damages that are routinely awarded in Title VII and ADA cases (i.e. compensatory AND punitive damages, but not back pay) are capped pursuant to federal law in employment discrimination cases under Title VII and the ADA.   Multi-million dollar awards in non-class action employment discrimination cases are rare, particularly those that are […]

COBRA Qualifying Event Notice – Before a group health plan must offer continuation coverage, a qualifying event must occur. The group health plan must be notified of the qualifying event and is not required to act until it receives an appropriate notice. Who must give notice depends on the type of qualifying event. If you’re […]

I keep getting calls about harassment, hostile work environment and so forth. People just can’t get it through their understanding of the employment relationship that, in Florida anyway, your employer can just about do anything to an employee that it wants so long as it doesn’t discriminate against the employee on the basis of the […]