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When you hear about workplace discrimination, it is likely that several types of specific discrimination come to mind. Racial and sexual discrimination rank among the most discussed types of discrimination at work, but they are not the only types. Age-related...
While a layoff at your place of employment may not be permanent, there is the potential it could be. Even so, the law does regulate layoffs to ensure fairness because you are still losing your job and income. According to the Code of Federal Regulations, the Worker...
If you experienced harassment in the workplace, you may have a case against your company. According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, harassment includes any unwelcome conduct based on your race, religion, sex, older age, genetic information,...
If you are pregnant or have plans to become pregnant, you may experience discrimination while you are at work. Although this is illegal, it can and still does happen in workplaces. According to The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, employers cannot discriminate on...
Noncompete agreements protect employers. They prevent you from working for or doing business with a competitor. The idea is to protect company secrets and prevent people from infiltrating an organization to learn things to help another company. However, non-compete...
Employees often find themselves at the mercy of a customer’s or client’s mood. From a transaction gone awry in a busy store to a food order error in a high-traffic restaurant to a perceived contract breach at a small business, customers often take out their...
Whether you are signing one or creating one, it is essential to ensure an employment agreement covers all the important aspects of the job. It needs to create a clear picture of expectations and make it easy to start off on the right foot. When assessing an employment...
Some Pennsylvania work environments see more sexual harassment than others. If you make your living working in the restaurant or food-service industry, you face a particularly high chance of falling victim to sexual harassment. Restaurant environments have many...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission requires employers to grant reasonable accommodations to members of their workforce who have a disability. In general, reasonable accommodations are modifications to people’s working conditions that enable them to work...
The Whistleblower Protection Program prohibits employers from terminating employees in retaliation for reporting violations. As noted on the U.S. Department of Labor’s Whistleblowers.gov website, typical unlawful situations employees may report without fear of...
