Call 952-314-5779
Serving Clients In Carver County And Throughout The Greater Minneapolis – Saint Paul Region
A medical receptionist in the cancer center at one of Park Nicollet Health Services' Minnesota branches is considering a wrongful termination lawsuit against her former employer. The woman claims she was fired for smelling like cigarette smoke. A representative from...
Minneapolis readers may be surprised to learn that the Seventh-day Adventist Church might be the 12th-largest religion in the world, according to one ranking. It also has a sizable presence in Minnesota, where German or Scandinavian immigrants founded many of its...
Many municipal Minnesota employers allow retiring workers to cash out some or all of their unused leave, as part of negotiated benefits agreements. The option is generally offered as a strategy for retaining long-term employees. In times of recession, however, the...
A former executive assistant for the dean of the University of Minnesota's School of Nursing has filed a federal lawsuit, alleging discrimination, wrongful termination and retaliation.The complaint represents the next stage in the assistant's dispute with the...
In November, 2012, a same-sex marriage amendment will appear on the ballot in Minnesota as a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment. The measure would define marriage, for purposes of the state's constitution, as between one man and one woman. If passed, the...
An employee with performance issues was terminated as part of a reduction in force only 1 day after returning to her Minneapolis job after maternity leave. However, she didn't prevail in court on her wrongful termination claim.The employee argued that her employer had...
Chances are you've had a disagreement with an employer or co-worker at work. That's only human nature (even in Minnesota). However, if your work becomes intolerable -- based on offensive conduct related to a protected category like race, gender, religion, age, sexual...
Up to 23,000 troops may be withdrawn from Afghanistan by the end of the summer. If historical projections hold true -- almost half (45%) of the 1.6 million veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have sought compensation for injuries they say are...
When employment contract disputes arise, there can be strength in numbers. That may be the hope of more than 80 former NFL players, whose pending lawsuits were recently consolidated into a master complaint in a federal district court. The claims allege that the NFL...
Some veterans report difficulty in transitioning back to civilian jobs. For veterans who will be returning to the workplace and fear disability discrimination, that process might seem impossible.Last Friday, President Obama gave an address at Honeywell's campus in...