Is It Pregnancy Discrimination if Employers Track Employee Pregnancy?
Finding out that you’re pregnant is supposed to be one of the most beautiful and positive experiences in your life. Unfortunately, for many women, that…
Baby, I’m Back: Returning to Work After Family Leave
With the final days of your FMLA leave approaching, it’s completely understandable to start freaking out a tad. A lot of mothers get almost as…
Is Refusing to Hire Someone with HIV Disability Discrimination?
Although it doesn’t get the same kind of media scare it once did, HIV is still a problem today. It is also widely misunderstood still,…
How Many Workplace Discrimination Complaints Are Made Every Year?
Workplace discrimination is a problem in our job force every day. Whether it’s a product of ignorance, hatred, or both, it can cause extreme hardship…
What Kind of Damages Can I Get for Breach of Employment Contract?
If you have an employment contract, and your employer violates that contract, you may be entitled to compensation. Depending on the circumstances and severity of…
Pros and Cons of Signing an Arbitration Agreement with Your Employer
Arbitration agreements are popular among employers, which effectively prohibits the employee from filing a lawsuit in the future. Arbitration agreements require the employee to forfeit…
A White Employee Is Suing for Racial Discrimination
When you hear about a racial discrimination lawsuit, you may assume that the victim is a minority. However, in this case you’d be wrong.
A 39-year-old…
Religious Discrimination Against Muslims On the Rise
A workplace conflict over religious accommodations recently came to a head after a meat processing plant fired about 150 Muslim employees who refused to show…
Did Dr. Phil Take Hostages at Work?
Dr. Phil is no stranger to lawsuits being filed against him, but this new suit may just take the cake for most serious allegations. A…
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