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...
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...
