Maryland employment law attorney Bruce Luchanasky answers the question: “I am physically disabled, and I am looking for a job. Can an employer deny me employment based on my disability?” Not if you can do the job, even if you need the emp…
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Towson, MD employment attorney Bruce Luchansky answers the question: “What should I do if I was fired from my job, but I have been offered a severance package?“ You need to do 3 things when your former employer offers you a severance pack…
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Imagine the following scenario. You work for a small company, ABC Widgits Corp., where the owner is involved in the day-to-day operations of the Company. She hired you, she established your hourly rate, and she set your schedule. And when she fired y…
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Most Maryland companies that utilize salespeople to conduct their business are familiar with “Non-Compete Agreements.” These are the agreements that prevent an employee from leaving the company and taking all of the company’s customers with the…
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Most Maryland companies that utilize salespeople to conduct their business are familiar with “Non-Compete Agreements.” These are the agreements that prevent an employee from leaving the company and taking all of the company’s customers with the…
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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) prohibits discrimination based upon race, color, gender, religion or national origin. The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. How…
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It is often prudent for Maryland employers to utilize separation agreements with departing employees. Typically, the incentive for the employer is that it receives a written release from the employee as to almost any legal claim the employee might ot…
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From time to time, new issues arise with regard to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and how an employer must pay its employees. The FLSA was first drafted in 1932, and many of the issues employers deal with today relate to positions that onl…
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Most employers know that it is a good idea to have employees sign “non-competes” – that is, agreements that limit the extent to which current employees may compete against the employer if the employee leaves and wants to start working somewhere…
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Election day is Tuesday, November 6, 2012 – less than two weeks away! Working a full-time schedule while juggling all of our other responsibilities has many employees wondering whether they are permitted, under Maryland law, to take time off to vot…
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