When most individuals bring up sexual harassment, they often think about women being on receiving end of undesired advances from a male colleague (even though men can be harassed by female co-workers or bosses, as well). The truth is that the perpetrator of sexual...
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), which falls under the umbrella of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, is a federal law that prohibits employers from discriminating against pregnant or post-partum females. The PDA prohibits Kentucky from carrying out...
Your job was going fine until your employer found out you were married to someone of the same sex. Perhaps you finally took the necessary steps to add your spouse to your workplace insurance policy. Maybe they came in to visit you for lunch one day. Once your boss...
Americans are staying in the workforce well in to their senior years. Many enjoy their work and see no reason to retire. For others, it’s a matter of financial necessity to continue working. However, some people start to experience age discrimination even as young as...
It’s one thing for a company to say that they’re an equal opportunity employer. It’s quite another to actually see that in practice. Research has shown that workers still face many biases and instances of discrimination, even if they are not so overt as they were in...
Companies make more money when they pay their staff as little as possible. Many businesses try to limit how many hours employees work by having policies that prohibit overtime. Since workers who put in more than 40 hours in a week should receive at least 150% of their...
Discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex or nationality has been illegal since the 1964 Civil Rights Act. However, it was not until 1990 that people living with a disability received similar protection through the Americans with Disabilities Act...
Sexual harassment has been illegal in the workplace for over half a century under Title VII of the Civil Rights Ac of 1964. However, as the #metoo movement made clear, being illegal does not mean it does not continue to happen. Most sexual harassment at work is never...
If you ask your boss if they’re biased against any group of people -- people of a certain age, ethnic group or religion, for instance -- they’re almost definitely going to tell you that they are not. However, you may still think you see discrimination in the...
The U.S. Supreme Court entered a ruling on June 15, acknowledging how federal employee protections now prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace. While many members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer...
