If you believe you are being sexually harassed at work, or if you believe someone you know is, you or they may be suffering in silence because of the fear of retaliation on the part of your employer. While you may know that retaliation is illegal, there are numerous...
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When you face discrimination, don’t back down
It is a sad fact that people still discriminate against one another. Without that hate and judgment, every person would be given their fair chance to realize the success that was once the cornerstone of the American dream. For now, when discrimination, harassment...
Woman works 14 years and is passed over for full-time employment
When you are the type of person who is looking for more than a job, but instead strive for a career, you put hard work into making sure you are not going to be dispensable to the company. If you have done your part to work toward promotion and you have made that...
Vindication for those harassed and retaliated upon
Every citizen should be given certain basic rights. When those rights are not honored and a person is threatened, harassed or demoralized, something can and should be done about it. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission strives to ensure and protect...
How do I know which leave to request from work?
When you have a family event or emergency that arises and you need to request leave from your place of employment, you may be confused as to what leave you should be requesting. If you request leave under the wrong provision, will it be denied? Moreover, is there one...
When your rights are violated
Discrimination in the workplace is an offense against your basic civil rights. When those rights are violated, you may choose to accept the violations and bear the burdens that come along with them. Or if you choose to educate someone for their...
How to know if you have a case for wrongful termination
When you go to work on time, rarely call in sick and never clock out early, you may be caught completely by surprise to get a call into your Human Resource manager's office where you are informed the company is parting ways with you. You are then given only a couple...
Which employees are exempt from minimum wage laws?
There exists a Fair Labor Standards Act that regulates a federally set minimum wage and overtime pay regulation for all nonexempt workers in the U.S. However, some workers are exempt from this regulation and deciphering who is not protected by the statute can...
Workplace discrimination is illegal
There are an endless number of ways in which people discriminate against one another. None of them are right and yet we see it go on daily. It makes one wish that adults could see things through the eyes of children who are not concerned with the race, religion or the...
When enforcing an ideal creates disaccord
Are we sometimes so protective of diversity that we hinder other races from successes earned? How does affirmative action apply when used by a public institution? These questions seem to be at the center of a significant constitutional dispute that has been...