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You return to a Phoenix workplace after medical leave expecting to pick up where you left off. Instead, your schedule shrinks, a supervisor starts documenting problems that never surfaced before, or a promotion suddenly disappears. Whether you work at a medical office in Midtown, a manufacturing facility near Deer Valley,...

You may know that your employer cannot legally fire you for certain reasons. But what happens when your employer does not fire you? What if your employer is indirect and makes your working conditions so difficult that you feel you have no reasonable choice but to resign? This may be...

An employer is required to make an adjustment or modification, known as an ADA reasonable accommodation, for a qualified employee with a disability. Reasonable accommodations help eligible employees perform essential job functions and have equal access to work opportunities. This obligation does not invite guesswork. It requires action. When questions...

A supervisor denies a promotion, citing “fit,” but offers no specifics. A write-up appears in one file for conduct that passes without comment in another. Scheduling, discipline, and opportunity begin to split along lines that have nothing to do with performance. When decisions start to follow that pattern, they raise...

Being fired is disorienting. For some, it is sudden and humiliating. For others, it comes after months of unease. Either way, one question often lingers when the dust settles: Can an employer enforce a non-compete after firing? In Arizona, the answer is complicated. Courts sometimes uphold these agreements, but only...