Employment Discrimination

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...

California's Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act is a significant step in combating racial discrimination in the workplace. Enacted in 2019, it extends the definition of racial discrimination to include hair texture and hairstyles. The...

If an employee makes a harassment or discrimination complaint, you should be extra careful about the steps you take. You want to handle the matter competently to protect the employee and prevent it from worsening.  Here is how you can handle a...

Enduring racial slurs can have profound effects on an individual’s emotional well-being. Discrimination in any form, including racial slurs, can lead to increased stress, anxiety and a sense of isolation. Employees facing such hostility may find it challenging to...

Discrimination is not always overt and obvious. In some cases, it may just be a minor incident that some people wouldn’t even notice. But it can absolutely still be a form of discrimination, and it may be known as a microaggression. Essentially, a microaggression is a...

Your workplace should be a safe space. It can be devastating to work in a hostile environment. Certain factors can lead to such an environment, including discrimination. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) protects employees from any form of...

Age discrimination in the workplace occurs when an employer considers an employee’s age fully or partially when making employment-based decisions if the employee is at least 40 years old. This type of discrimination is prohibited by the Age Discrimination in...

One of the most expensive complaints a worker might have about their job involves allegations of sexual harassment. If a worker convinces a court that harassment has affected their career or their mental health, their employer could potentially face a sizable judgment...

In the modern era, workplace discrimination can sometimes be difficult to identify. Most business owners know that discriminating on the basis of race is illegal, for example, or that they can’t have qualifications about people following a certain religion. As strange...

As a business owner, you know how hard it can be when someone leaves a job abruptly. You may have no one in line to replace them, and it takes time to train up a new worker. As a result, you would like to have your employees give you a standard two weeks’ notice. This...