Florida Civil Rights News

December 24th, 2006 Posted by Mark

ual Harassment is ual harassment according to new Florida law no matter where it happens, in Florida, in the Cayman Islands, or in Chicago. As long as an employee is working for a Florida based company, they can have their civil and ual rights protected by Florida law. So says the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida in a new ruling.

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida in a new ruling found that the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992 can have sway over employers and protect employees of that Florida citizen is working abroad, even in another country.

The particular care in question before the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida came down to the fact that an employee who had once worked in a restaurant company was moved to work for that same company in the Cayman Islands, a small group of islands that are a de facto part of the United Kingdom down in the Caribbean near Jamaica. When she got transferred, she had had a ual harassment case against her store manager in the Caymans. She complained to the company, and they subsequently fired her.

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida in a new ruling found that there was no language in the Florida Civil Rights Act that said that the law didn’t hold true if the Florida citizen moved out of Florida. And the employee was still technically a citizen of Florida—she still had a driver’s license and everything.

That gave the employee the right to file a suit in the federal courts against her employer. This case could have precedent for all Florida employers who have overseas offices or stores and send employees there frequently.

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