How the Legal Conversation Surrounding Hair Discrimination Is Evolving To many people, hairstyle is part of their identity. Certain hairstyles, textures, and grooming techniques have unique cultural and personal importance. Unfortunately, some of these hairstyles can...
Supreme Court Rules LGBTQ+ Workers Protected Under 1964 Civil Rights Act On June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration, declaring that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects gay, lesbian, and transgender employees. The vote was...
Who qualifies for a Reasonable Accommodation? In order to be entitled to an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), you must work for an employer with 15 or more employees (or a state or local government), you must be a person with a disability...
Did You Get Hurt at Your Job? Whether or not your job is protected when you are hurt on the job can be confusing. If you get hurt on the job in Indiana, you very well may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. Workers’ compensation is an accident insurance...
Get To Know Your Rights When Breastfeeding at Work August was Breastfeeding Awareness Month and a good time to consider breastfeeding mothers’ right to pump at work. Up until 2010, there was no federal law requiring employers to provide pumping accommodations for...
Who is Considered an FMLA "Key Employee"? Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), eligible employees are entitled to take up to 12 weeks of protected leave every year to attend to certain medical and family matters. They are also entitled to 26 weeks to care...
The Case The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals – the federal appellate court for Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin and one of the country’s thirteen federal appellate courts – has decided that an employer may segregate its employees based upon their race so long as there...
