When we go to work, we expect to be a part of a professional, appropriate, productive environment. The last thing on our minds is that we may become the victim of sexual harassment. To understand the repercussions of being a victim of this type of abuse, we must first...
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Warning signs that your company is engaging in age discrimination
Age discrimination is alive and well and on the rise in American companies. Between 1997 and 2007, there were between (approximately) 16,000 and 19,000 age discrimination suits filed annually. In 2008, the situation changed. Since then, the average number of...
Am I allowed to breast-feed on company time?
The answer to that question is the same as the answer to the question about how new mothers manage to do all that they do: it's complicated. New mothers have it tough. They are expected to care for an infant, feed and clothe themselves, keep their household running,...
Too old to be hired, too young to retire
Age discrimination is alive and well. Employees exist in a culture where the founder of Facebook was quoted as saying "Young people are just smarter." A cosmetic surgeon in Silicon Valley, CA said that it is becoming more and more common for people in their 20s to...
5 tips for employees who work for tips
Tipped employees are exactly what they sound like, employees who depend on tips for a portion of their salaries. Salon workers, bartenders and restaurant servers are probably some of the best well-known types of tipped workers. What is probably less well known is that...
