A hostile work environment can severely affect your well-being and professional performance. Understanding how to identify and prove you are in such an environment is essential for protecting your rights and mental health. Here are the key steps to prove a hostile...
Year: 2024
Are you facing age discrimination in the workplace?
How often have we heard quotes regarding the beauty of growing older, such as “Just like wine and cheese, we get better with age” or “Growing older, growing wiser?” However, when it comes to the workplace, it seems youth is often prized more than experience. Age...
Preventing discrimination claims when downsizing staff
Businesses may add new employees to their rosters during times of success. They may also need to reduce the number of paid workers on the company roster when operations contract. When companies experience temporary economic hardship, sometimes difficult choices become...
Getting the most out of your HR department
No business owner, particularly owners of larger companies, can do everything on their own. A business relies on having multiple high-functioning departments. There are few departments more important than Human Resources (HR). In a nutshell, HR deals with all...
How can you avoid employee misclassification?
Employee misclassification occurs when workers are misclassified as independent contractors rather than employees, which denies them several crucial rights and benefits. It is a significant issue that can lead to various legal and financial consequences, not to...
Do you have to provide notice when you quit?
Providing two weeks’ notice before quitting a job has become a common practice in many industries. Employees will simply say that they are going to be leaving, but they’ll give the employer the next 10 work days before they actually put in their last shift. This way,...
Discrimination in advancement
Many employers understand that they’re supposed to offer an equal opportunity to all prospective employees. They can’t discriminate during the hiring process – deciding not to hire women or minority workers, for example. All workers need the same chance to get a job...
What can you do if you are wrongfully terminated?
Losing a job is devastating, but being wrongfully terminated because of an employer’s prejudices or desire to retaliate – or some other illegal reason – can be devastating. If you believe your employer has wrongfully terminated you, you should fight for your rights....
How employers can ensure a fair investigation after a discrimination report
When an employee encounters discrimination in the workplace, it can be an emotional experience. They might have felt anxious and skeptical about reporting the situation, fearing their concerns would not be taken seriously. When they finally have the courage to voice...
Speaking up when silence reigns: Addressing sexual harassment
When you get a job at a new workplace, the last thing you want to encounter is sexual harassment. Such a dehumanizing experience can be made worse by the realization that sexual harassment has been normalized within the company. The attitudes of fellow employees...