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Hiring an attorney can be a difficult and daunting task.  That is especially true if your business is being sued by an employee or your livelihood and career rests on the outcome of an employment dispute.   Hiring a lawyer for an employment dispute is especially challenging, due to the complexity of the laws and...

With the news of in-fighting amongst supporters of incoming-President Donald J. Trump regarding the H-1B visa process, I thought it was necessary to write this article to express some of my thoughts after serving as an employment lawyer for over 25 years.  Over those 25 years, I have represented U.S. citizens with complaints...

On May 12, 2023, a jury that was convened to hear the case Garrett Hoffman v. Bear Chase Brewing Company, LLC, in the Federal Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria), entered a verdict in favor of Garrett Hoffman as to all counts under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), with respect...

On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court made a landmark ruling in the realm of employment discrimination law.  At issue in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia,[1] was whether or not an employer could fire an employee simply for being homosexual or transgender.  In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Gorsuch, the Supreme...

For those looking to read Judge Catherine B. Blake's opinion in Antietam Battlefield KOA, Inc. et al. v. Gov. Lawrence Hogan, where the US District Court for the District of Maryland rejected a preliminary injunction against Governor Hogan's stay at home orders, you may find it here:

Special Employee Client Alert Surviving As A Restaurant Worker In A Workplace Impacted By COVID-19 By: Hoffman Employment Law March 23, 2020 The rapid spread of COVID-19 has severely disrupted the restaurant industry, and consequently has cost possibly hundreds...

Our employer client advisory regarding COVID-19 is attached. Coronavirus Client Alert (3.19.20).pdf

CLIENT ADVISORY CRIMINAL RECORD SCREENING PRACTICES (BAN THE BOX) 2020 Maryland Laws Ch. 3 (S.B. 839 (2019)) Many jurisdictions have enacted so-called “ban the box” legislation, which generally prohibits employers from requesting information regarding criminal background on employment applications.  The theory behind this...

Are you a restaurant employee who has been forced to work lengthy periods of time on non-tipped activities at a subminimum wage? A recent case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reiterates the principle that if you are going to pay a restaurant worker a subminimum wage...

On October 1, 2018, a new Maryland Law titled “Disclosing Sexual Harassment In The Workplace Act of 2018” (the “Act”) goes into effect. The Act will immediately prohibit employment agreements containing any waiver of a “substantive or procedural” “right or remedy” relating to claims of sexual harassment or retaliation for complaining of...