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...
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The FMLA helps employees make family a priority
Adoption can be a time consuming and emotionally draining process. It may involve visits to the court, consultations with lawyers, travel to a foreign country and more. A newly adoptive parent needs time to bond with her new family member and time to allow the child...
Worker fired after being threatened by her co-worker
Being fired is never a pleasant experience. A worker who is fired may, in addition to dealing with the financial repercussions, suffer from depression, self-doubt and fear about the future. Typically people are fired because they fail to adequately perform their...
Let’s talk about sexual discrimination
Sexual discrimination is illegal, harms everyone and exists everywhere, from small companies to high performing global firms. Sexual discrimination refers to a time when someone has been discriminated against because of his or her gender or sexual orientation, or...
Is disability discrimination only illegal for current impairments?
Among the types of discrimination that federal law bans in the workplace is disability discrimination. Under this prohibition, one of the things covered employers are banned from doing is taking discriminatory employment actions against an employee because the...
Are Indiana workers entitled to breaks?
Indiana workers have many rights. However, the right to a break is generally not one of them. Under both Indiana and federal law, employers are typically not required to provide their employees with breaks. This is the case for both lunch breaks and shorter...
Many factors impact whether an FMLA violation has occurred
Major personal events, like an illness, can have significant impacts on an individual and their family. There are many things a person may need to do to handle the event and its implications properly. This can take a great amount of time and effort. This is why a...
Minimum wage rules for Indiana tipped workers
Certain types of work have special wage rules connected to it. Here in Indiana, one of those types of work is tipped work. Among the special rules that apply to tipped workers are special minimum wage rules. A worker is considered a tipped worker for the...