You and your employer may have different ideas about what unsafe working conditions entail. While you strongly believe that an activity puts your health and well-being at risk, your employer may disagree, as they want you to do what you're told. As an employee, you...
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Are you aware of these signs of age discrimination?
As you age, you may have concerns about discrimination at work. This is particularly true if your employer has shown the tendency to hire younger workers for your position in the not-too-distant past. While there are many potential signs of age discrimination, these...
Is being a woman interfering with your career?
The modern workplace can be a cutthroat environment. Even if you pursue an education, develop an in-demand skillset or create an innovative process, you may have to compete with others who have similar capabilities. You should not, however, miss career opportunities...
Age discrimination often a barrier for older workers
Trying to find a job later in life can prove difficult, because many employers, regardless of whether they want to admit it, have some type of bias against hiring individuals once they reach a certain age. While the Age Discrimination in Employment Act makes it...
Family and Medical Leave Act and serious health conditions
If you're interested in taking a leave from work to care for a serious health condition, it's critical to learn more about the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). More specifically, focus on the serious health conditions that qualify for leave. Here are four points...
Wrongful termination and retaliation
Employers are not permitted to terminate or punish employees for their participation in a protected practice, such as reporting a safety violation or discrimination. Despite federal and state laws in place to protect employees, termination as a form of retaliation...
Hold your employer accountable if they wrongly terminated you
Landing a job in your desired profession in California can be hard to do. Many individuals don't have an emergency fund built up that they can tap into if they lose their job. This is why you may find it difficult if you lose your job unexpectedly. If you can prove...
Sexual harassment is often repetitive
Over the last few years, sexual harassment on the job has gotten a lot more exposure. People have been speaking up more often. Harassers are being held accountable. It's refreshing, considering how long these things were just sort of swept under the rug. Of course,...
Identifying discrimination versus bullying
A hostile work environment can be quite discouraging for workers. In fact, some employees leave companies due to several different types of hostility. For those facing discrimination in the workplace, it is possible to seek an end to such acts. However, it...
How unconscious bias works
In some cases, discrimination in the workplace is driven by very deliberate bias. A person clearly feels like others of a certain ethnicity, age, gender or religion are less important than others and acts against them. However, workplace discrimination is not legal,...