Whether a co-worker starts making raunchy jokes at your expense or a manager keeps aggressively flirting with you despite you telling them it makes you uncomfortable, sexual harassment can turn a previously pleasant job into a daily nightmare. Many people facing...
It can be heartbreaking when you find out that you have to meet some disagreeable conditions before getting a promotion at your job. Your boss or employer may demand sexual favors in exchange for a promotion. As a result, you might miss out on that promotion you have...
The majority of people across California spend most of their week in the workplace. Employment provides a means of paying the bills, enjoying leisure time and ultimately making sure that families are secure. While some working days are harder than others and...
There is no doubt that our country has come a long way in actualizing the proposition to pursue life, liberty and happiness regardless of race, gender, ability and other identity aspects. It’s also true that we still need protections in place for historically...
Work can be tough at times but it's a worthwhile pursuit so that you and your family can live in relative comfort. Unfortunately, there are times when the normal pressures of the working environment can be accentuated into something that is unacceptable. Nobody should...
You have a religion that you practice, and that religion happens to line up with several federal holidays. In your mind, there should be no question that you’re off work that day in respect for the holiday, but your current employer doesn’t give time off. Did you know...
One way that discrimination happens at work is when workers are not given promotions that they know that they deserve. Instead, these promotions go to others who are not in the same protected class. For example, perhaps you are a minority worker in a workplace filled...
It's commonly stated that sexual harassment in the workplace is under-reported. For as many stories as you actually hear about people coming forward, there are many more who decline to do so. This means that the problem is much worse than it appears at any given...
Many employers attempt to avoid discrimination by making neutral policies that apply to everyone. This sounds like it would work and that they wouldn't run into any negative ramifications. If everyone has to follow the rules, then the rules are fair – or, at least,...
Throughout most recorded human history, women have endured limitations not applied to their male counterparts. It is only been a few decades since women in the United States first obtained the right at the federal level to have their own banking accounts and credit...
