In some cases, incidents of harassment are very obvious. The person in question may not try to hide their behavior at all, and you know that they’re harassing you based on a protected class – like your gender or your race. However, most cases are not this clear. Some...
All workers deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. This means that nobody should be discriminated against based on their ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability or any other protected characteristic. Anti-discrimination principles for disabled...
Employment discrimination can begin before a person even gets a job. It’s often more difficult to prove when it occurs in the hiring process. Nonetheless, a trucking company that has operations in multiple states, including Kentucky, is facing a lawsuit filed by the...
When you are hired to work a job, you don’t expect to deal with issues related to your age, race, gender or similar things. After all, discrimination based on these things is illegal. However, what about if you are pregnant? Can an employer, manager or even co-worker...
Your boss comes to you and tells you that they’re going to start downsizing. They warn you that they’re going to have to lay off about 30% of the workforce. This is presented to you as something that is necessary. Maybe there’s been a local recession. Maybe the...
Facing discrimination in the workplace can affect your career and even your mental well-being. After all, you spend most of your day at work. This is why you should be proactive in protecting your legal rights. Once you file a discrimination charge against your...
Some employers have much more understanding concerning employees with disabilities than others. If you go to your employer to complain that you are suffering discrimination due to your disability, the response might be, “How can we be guilty of disability...
Maybe you recently got diagnosed with a serious medical condition. Perhaps you got hurt on the job or in a car crash. Whether you have an injury or an illness, physically going into work every day could be very difficult for you. You may need some help from your...
Maybe you got hurt at work. You might have fallen off of a ladder or suffered an electrical shock from a piece of equipment that left you with nerve damage. Maybe your medical issue is from outside of work. You might have neuropathy that affects your manual dexterity...
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), workers at most businesses have the right to expect accommodations for disabling medical conditions. Whether they need wheelchair access to a facility or computer access accommodations because of vision problems, their...
