In a democracy with a volunteer armed services, the goal is for citizen-soldiers to serve when needed, and then return to their civilian lives and careers. Employment law specific to service members helps protect this right to both serve and return to civilian life without penalty. USERRA is the acronym for Uniformed Service Employment and Reemployment Act. This federal law is designed…
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Caught Driving After License Revocation in Minnesota?
If you have been convicted of a DWI in Minnesota, you may find yourself faced with several criminal punishments depending on the nature of your DWI and your past driving record. However, even in cases where the criminal DWI punishments are minor, your will also still have to deal with the administrative punishments as well. The most common administrative punishment…
Consequences for Violating Your DWI Work Permit / Limited License in Minnesota
Minnesota takes all DWI incidents very seriously, and if convicted, you will need to face the consequences for it. However, the state also recognizes that the ability to drive is crucial for the livelihood of many who do not otherwise have reliable access to alternative transportation or mass transit systems. This is why a portion of those who receive DWIs…
Common Minnesota Criminal Defense Charges and Defenses
Minnesota Criminal Defense Lawyer If you have been accused of a crime, you are going to need a criminal defense lawyer, no matter what you did. Your lawyer will work with you to come up with a plan to keep you out of prison. If that doesn’t work, he or she will work hard to get your charges reduced so…
Overcoming Your Fear of Divorce
“Better the devil you know, than the devil you don’t,” goes the old proverb. Or, put another way, it’s better to deal with a person or situation that is bad (but which you understand) than it is to risk something that might be even worse. We see this all the time in our lives. How many people stay in the…
Minnesota Motor Vehicle Forfeiture: What to Do When Your Vehicle Has Been Seized?
It may seem like the police are acting illegally, but when your vehicle is seized without due process, the police can often be well within their rights to do so. However, in most cases vehicle forfeiture is not permanent. By knowing what steps to take when the police take your vehicle and why they are doing so, you can work…
Proving Employment Discrimination: The Basics
Despite many strides over the years, employment discrimination continues to be a problem here in the Twin Cities area and across the country. For example, the Washington Post reports that there were over one million discrimination complaints filed between 2010 and 2017. Filing a complaint and proving your case are entirely different, which is why you should keep the following things in mind. What…
5 Types of Marital Status Discrimination in the Workplace in Minnesota
Minnesota Employment Law Attorneys In the US, we strongly believe that independent adults have the right to build their own personal lives. To date, marry, have kids, raise pets, and develop hobbies without these things impacting our professional careers. Even though employers can employ us ‘at will’ and fire us without cause, we also have a right to a workplace…
What Qualities Make A Good Family Law Attorney?
Very few situations in life are more stressful than those that involve problems in the family circle. According to the Holmes-Rahe stress scale, divorce is the highest scoring stressor second only to the death of a spouse. Family law attorneys deal with the most intimate arena of life and therefore must exercise careful consideration for the needs of all parties involved.…
Is Your Workplace Legally a Hostile Work Environment, or Just Hostile?
Minnesota Employment Law Attorneys There are bad bosses everywhere. Bosses who micromanage, hurl insults, or create unreasonable schedules. At best, they are incompetent and just bad at being bosses. At worst, these abuses can be the symptoms of targeted workplace hostility. And it’s not always bosses. People don’t get along with their coworkers all the time, and sometimes this can…