More and more often, workers use the internet to find jobs and apply for them. It's a far easier way to submit information and resumes than filling out paper applications for each job. However, some workers aren't all that pleased with the process. They say that the...
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Month: March 2017
Employers might discriminate against new mothers
Even when they don't mean to, employers might discriminate against new mothers and women who are pregnant. This can result in demotions and firings that are supposedly based on sub-par work, but which actually stem from motherhood itself. One woman told her story,...
When ‘simple requests’ become disability discrimination
Michael Trimble's employer had a so-called simple request: Please carry your bicycle up the back stairs instead of bringing it through the main lobby of the corporate office building. When he said he couldn't do that, his employer tried a different request: Please...
Comparing sexual harassment in the U.S. to other countries
Sexual harassment is illegal in the United States under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and it results in lawsuits every year when these regulations are broken. Have you ever wondered how the efforts in the U.S. over the last half of a century help it stack...
A retaliatory termination can be illegal
A retaliatory termination is just one type of wrongful termination. It may be illegal, it may violate your rights as a worker in California, and you need to know what legal options you have. So, why does a retaliatory termination happen? There can be many reasons, but...
Age discrimination could become more common
Age discrimination is illegal, but it does happen. In fact, it's hard for laws to actually govern the process. In theory, experts note, refusing to hire someone or paying him or her differently based solely on age is illegal. Workers who do the same jobs and are just...