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...
The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) gives eligible employees 12 weeks of unpaid leave without jeopardizing their employment. Employees also have the added benefit of keeping any medical benefits their job provides them. FMLA protects a worker's right to reinstate...
Federal law establishes numerous protected characteristics for those in the workplace. Companies cannot discriminate against individual employees based on their protected characteristics. Many of the highest-profile workplace discrimination have involved sex or racial...
Maybe you are the oldest member of your team at work, and the other employees in your department gang up on you and make rude jokes at your expense. Although you have asked them to stop, all that has happened is that they have intensified their bullying, creating...
There are many ways in which an employer may try to discriminate against their employees. From not hiring them because they’re disabled to retaliating against them because of getting pregnant, there are some things employers may do that are illegal. You should know...
When lawmakers drafted and passed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), they created a powerful federal protection for workers. Prior to the FMLA, companies could and frequently would terminate those who took an extended leave of absence, even if there was a very...
Defending your rights as an employee is often more complicated than we expect. When your employer violates your employee rights, it can be hard to know what to do to hold them accountable. When it comes to taking action against your employer, the process for doing so...