Numerous state and federal laws protect you as an employee. One of your most important workplace protections is the right to be free from retaliation. Your employer should not punish you for asserting your rights or speaking up about something inappropriate at work....
Police corruption in New York. The Watergate scandal that led to the downfall of President Nixon. The Enron and WorldCom scandals seeped in financial fraud and accounting irregularities. These are all historical matters exposed by government or corporate...
Workplaces around America have a history of workplace discrimination. It’s an unfortunate truth that many people who go to work have to put up with gender discrimination, disability discrimination and other issues. Fortunately, the Equal Employment Opportunity...
Nobody likes a nosy boss in the workplace, but there is a difference between being nosy and violating your privacy rights. Among all the rights you have as an employee, you also have the right to a certain degree to privacy in the workplace. Knowing the nosiness and a...
One way to make a successful workplace discrimination claim in Indiana is to prove is that you were subjected to a hostile work environment. Working for an overly demanding boss alongside lazy and rude coworkers in a run-down workplace can certainly make your job...
Chances are that your employment contract is at-will, meaning that you can quit or your employer can fire you at any time and for almost any reason. However, there are a few situations in which the law protects your employment and gives you a cause of action for a...
The Family Medical Leave Act guarantees American employees the right to take time off of work to care for a newborn, sick relative or yourself. While taking leave after your baby is born or your spouse, parent or child is seriously ill is perhaps most common, under...
Just like workers in the private sector, employees of the federal government have the right to a workplace free from illegal discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation for whistleblowing and wrongful termination. But the way that federal workers enforce these...
While the COVID-19 pandemic has led to some older workers taking early retirement, many others remain on the job. They have a living to make, a family that depends on them and bills to pay. However, certain companies do not value experienced and older workers,...
If you have a disability, you are not alone. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 61 million adults live with a disability in the United States. You deserve to be treated with respect, and if you believe that your employer is...