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The notion that the U.S. Supreme Court recently became more conservative with the appointment of Neil Gorsuch, it appears that progressive rulings in the future are not totally inconceivable. This may be especially important to the LGBT community as it continues to...
Work culture is not always something that is formally created. Parts of it may be -- putting up a dress code, for instance -- but other parts are not. The things workers talk about and the way they interact may be drastically different from one business to another,...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
California has a long history of supporting workers' rights, but could the rest of the nation be catching up? If you believe that an employer discriminated against you because of your national origin during or after the hiring process, then an evolving governmental...
Implicit bias occurs when a person explicitly claims to support anti-discrimination endeavors and discourage any form of stereotyping, yet he or she ends up making biased decisions unconsciously. A recent and worrisome discovery by scientists reveals that humans have...
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 says, among other things, that men and women are to be paid the same amount when doing the same jobs. As women became more involved in the workforce, it was noted that men were often paid more, and this Act was passed in an effort to even...
Discrimination in the workplace may have a very direct impact on your employment. Maybe you're feeling pressured into quitting due to a hostile work environment. Maybe you never got the promotion you know you deserved. Maybe you were fired in favor of a younger worker...
