WRONGFUL TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT/
SEVERANCE AND EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS/
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION/RETALIATION
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LaRosa & Associates

WRONGFUL TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT/
SEVERANCE AND EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS/
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION/RETALIATION
Rated By Super Lawyers | John M. LaRosa | SuperLawyers.com

For Executives and Managers

Though many people mistakenly think traditional Labor and Employment Law protects only non-management workers, there are federal and state employment laws which also protect Directors and other Executives and Management Employees. We have substantial experience representing highly compensated, corporate Executives including Directors and other Managers with their employment issues such as severance, non-renewal or breach of employment contract, termination, layoff, retaliation, whistle blowing, age discrimination, sex discrimination, and other forms of employment discrimination. Below are a few of the cases we’ve handled successfully for Directors and other Executives and Managers. If you are a Management employee with a similar employment problem, contact us today.

Nature of Case Results Jurisdiction
Breach of the Covenant
of Good Faith and Fair
Dealing;
Delaware
Whistle Blowers’
Protection
Act
Obtained a settlement for a Vice President and Bank Branch Manager who was discharged after reporting to Human Resources her Regional Manager’s improper transfer of loans and falsification of related records in violation of federal and state law and the Bank’s Code of Ethics. United States
District Court
For the
District of
Delaware
Breach of Contract;
Quantum Meruit
Won a bench verdict in the trial of a manager whose long-time employer failed to deduct and remit to the IRS his social security and Medicare taxes for a period of five years and then sued him after it had to pay the government on his behalf. Judgment was entered for the employee, and all claims against him were dismissed. Court of
Common
Pleas,
New Castle County,
Delaware
Age Discrimination;
Sex Discrimination;
Unpaid Administrative
Leave;
Performance
Improvement Plan
Obtained a settlement for an award-winning, 50 year old, female Director of a healthcare system arising from her younger, male supervisor’s placement of her on a 5 month performance improvement plan (“PIP”), placement of her on unpaid administrative leave, and discharge of her less than 4 months after issuing her the 5 month PIP. United States
District Court
For the
District of
Delaware
Retaliation;
Age Discrimination;
Termination of
Employment
Negotiated a settlement and health benefits for one year for a 55 year old marketing director of a Fortune 500 company who was fired less than 6 weeks after he filed a charge of age discrimination against its president who is 15 years younger than him. United States
Equal
Employment
Opportunity
Commission
Racial Harassment;
Retaliation;
Unpaid Leave
Obtained a six figure settlement package for an African-American director placed on unpaid leave from a global pharmaceutical company after she reported racial harassment in the workplace by her Caucasian supervisors. Delaware
Department
Of
Labor
Division of
Industrial Affairs
Denial of Promotion;
Retaliation;
Involuntary Transfer;
Sex and Age
Discrimination
Won an EEOC determination of cause for discrimination and eventually obtained a five figure settlement for a 48 year old female director denied a promotion and involuntarily transferred to another department after she complained of sex and age discrimination by her younger male manager. United States
Equal
Employment
Opportunity
Commission
Breach of the Covenant
of Good Faith and Fair
Dealing;
Family and Medical
Leave Act Retaliation;
Perceived Disability
Discrimination
Obtained a settlement for the director of a billing and collection company who was owed a large commission on a multi-million dollar contract and was discharged five days after informing his boss he would need time off for shoulder surgery. Out-of-Court Settlement
Age Discrimination;
Forced Resignation
Obtained a settlement for a 58 year old director of a chemical company who was told he would be fired if he did not retire. United States
Equal
Employment
Opportunity
Commission
National Origin
Discrimination;
Ethnic Harassment;
Retaliation
Negotiated a severance of salary and health benefits for seven months for an immigrant Operations Manager of a real estate company who reported ethnic discrimination to Human Resources after her supervisor mocked her foreign accent. United States
Equal
Employment
Opportunity
Commission
Retaliation;
Race Discrimination;
42 U.S.C. § 1981;
Title VII
Obtained a settlement for an African-American Senior Operations Engineer employed by a global chemical company for 17 years who was discharged by a Caucasian just 8 months after he became his manager and just 2 months after the client reported to Human Resources race discrimination by his Caucasian peer who twice called an African-American technician,”boy.” United States
Equal
Employment
Opportunity
Commission
Disability
Discrimination;
Age Discrimination
Obtained a settlement for a 53 year old department store manager who was fired by her younger district manager four months after she informed her that she had severe arthritis in her hip. United States
Equal
Employment
Opportunity
Commission
Delaware
Whistle Blowers’
Protection Act and
Sex and Age
Discrimination
Obtained a settlement for a 47 year old female Store Manager of a national pharmacy chain who was fired less than four months after she internally reported a younger male vice president after he unsuccessfully tried to flirt with her, made ageist comments about her age, and physically grabbed her. United States
District Court
For the
District of
Delaware

Client Testimonials

“Thank you for everything. You certainly knew which points to discuss and prepared me well for responding [at the hearing].”- FF

“John LaRosa helped me review and negotiate my employer separation agreement to a successful outcome. He is an extremely professional and experienced attorney, and is very responsive and thoughtful in his counsel. I would recommend him for any employment matter.” – WC

“[Y]ou present yourself in a very professional manner at all times . . . . It has become a pleasure knowing you . . . . You are developing qualities not generally acquired by most attorneys. I know you are going to become recognized as one of Delaware’s best attorneys.” – EJR