💼The most important documents in employment cases are emails.
🔑Save emails that show bias, disparate treatment, complaints, or retaliation.
💡Preserving emails can increase the value of your case and speed up settlements.
📝Be honest with your lawyer and provide all the relevant emails, including any bad ones.
📥Avoid forwarding emails to your personal account or saving them on company-controlled devices.
What emails should I save for legal cases?
—Save emails that show bias, disparate treatment, complaints, retaliation, praise, or unethical/illegal behavior.
How can I preserve important work emails?
—Avoid forwarding emails to your personal account and don't save them on company-controlled devices.
Why is preserving emails important for my case?
—Preserving emails can provide evidence and increase the value of your case, making settlements faster.
Should I delete bad emails to protect my case?
—No, it's important to be honest with your lawyer and provide all relevant emails, including any bad ones.
Can I forward emails to myself for safekeeping?
—It's best to avoid forwarding emails to your personal account to prevent discovery of personal emails unrelated to your case.
00:00The most important documents in employment cases are emails.
01:56Save emails that show bias, disparate treatment, complaints, or retaliation.
03:28Preserving emails can increase the value of your case and speed up settlements.
04:26Be honest with your lawyer and provide all the relevant emails, including any bad ones.
12:49Avoid forwarding emails to your personal account or saving them on company-controlled devices.
