The laws that govern employer responsibility and work environments codify protection from abuses like discrimination and harassment. Businesses run by individuals and large corporations alike are required to abide by both state and federal laws restricting certain...
Pregnancy discrimination has been prohibited under federal law since 1978. This year, important changes providing expanded protections for pregnant and nursing employees take effect. Nonetheless, discrimination against pregnant applicants and employees and new mothers...
Many people like to act as though sex discrimination is not an issue in the U.S. anymore. They point to major strides that women have made in securing representation in technical fields and within highly paid professions to support their perspective. However, for the...
There are laws that are designed to protect injured workers from economic uncertainty when they have to be off work to handle an illness or an injury. What happens, however, when your employer decides to let you go while you’re out on leave under the Family and...
Factory work has a reputation for being a kind of employment wherein someone with a good work ethic can command a living wage and get decent benefits. Overtime potential is also a benefit for many people who like to earn as much as possible. However, not all companies...
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) helps protect people with disabling medical conditions from discrimination in education, employment, access to public facilities and housing. Unfortunately, despite the ADA being decades old, American society still does not...
Companies of varying sizes lay off employees for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes, the business has gone through a difficult time and has to make hard decisions to pare down its operations to remain solvent. Companies lay off workers during business bankruptcy and...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) strives to ensure that workers are treated fairly and properly in the United States. Historically, workers have not had very many rights. The EEOC has set up certain restrictions on ways that employers are allowed to...
Those who go into nursing often make major sacrifices to help others. They work long shifts, giving up weekends and holidays with their families. They expose themselves to violent individuals when they work at the emergency room or viral infections during the flu...
Your employer is downsizing, and you’re being let go. Or maybe there’s another reason you’re being forced out. After the shock wears off, you start to think about the future – and you’re initially grateful that your employer is offering you a severance package to...