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At Mark J. Berkowitz, PA we pride ourselves in being about to provide the best customer service with competitive pricing in the Fort Lauderdale area. We use our nearly 30 years of experience as a labor law attorney to make sure that you have peace of mind when it comes to the being mistreated and discriminated against in your place of work. We don’t expect you to know everything there is to know about religious, sex, and disability discrimination in your work place but if you’d like to learn more before you contact us, read our blogs! We post once a week with the relevancy of what you could be facing that time of the year.
How To Know If You Are Suffering Ageism In The Workplace
There are many factors in determining whether you were or currently experiencing ageism in the workplace. It may be too subtle to notice at first, or could be glaring if you lost your job due to ageism, but that shouldn’t deter you from seeking justice. The offices of...
Correctional Employee Files Claim About Pervasive Sexual Harassment
You have heard the story before. A female correctional employee files claim after her reports of sexual harassment continue to fall on deaf ears. Women working in male-dominated jobs find themselves discriminated against and silenced all too often. Speaking...
Why Is Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Important
Training on the prevention of sexual harassment is essential in building a safe and conducive workplace culture. There is a surge in complaints regarding workplace harassment without any decisive action being taken. Some employees have no training in sexual harassment...
What Should We do In Response to Harassment and Discrimination Issues?
In these trying times of covid and racial upset, adding workplace discrimination issues to the list can be overwhelming, especially if you are victim to the harassment itself. Knowing what’s discriminatory in the first place and how to best handle the situation is key...
You’ve Been Sexually Harassed At Work. Now What?
Signs of sexual harassment are not easily identified because some cannot qualify what sexual harassment is. But, sexual harassment at work is wrong and illegal. Sexual harassment could come off as a harmless gesture or a direct advance. However it appears, if you are...
Employee Protections From Emotional Injuries That Occur On The Job
The joy of working is getting emotional, physical, and psychological satisfaction, both from the work environment and the job itself. When this isn't the case, one can say the employee is unhappy. Some jobs pose a potential danger to the physical safety of workers....
Job Security | Is A Second COVID-19 Shutdown Coming?
The year has been pretty rough for a lot of people. The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown had terrible effects on countries and their economy. As it stands, there's a relaxation of the lockdown in most states to an extent. States like California have stringent rules,...
Why Your Employer Can Fire You If You Participated In The Capitol Riots
The attack on the U.S Capitol, which happened on January 6, 2021, was an event that shook the country. Weeks after the Capitol riots, participants are still being arrested, with some rioters losing their jobs. It isn't a surprise as it is legal to fire an employee for...
5 Signs Your Loved One Is Treated Illegally At Work
What do you expect from a person having a full-time job as the only source to earn bread for the family? They would be relentlessly patient! Why so? The reason is simple – the fear of losing the job haunts them each time they speak up about the inadequate treatments...
Employment Law Attorney | They Can’t Force You To Take The Vaccine
Many people are excited that a vaccine has finally been released for COVID-19, and they will do anything they can to be one of the first people in line to receive it. However, many people are skeptical about receiving the vaccine because of its side effects....