You have worked hard throughout your career. As a result, you expect your employer to reward your hard work with fair pay and advancement opportunities. This is especially true if your manager has promised you a promotion. Workplace discrimination continues to be a...
Your job is important, and you may enjoy performing it most of the time. When something happens that makes you feel uncomfortable around another person at work, it may change all of that. Is there something you can do about it? Sexual harassment can occur in ways that...
Typically, many work contracts will come with a severance package. This also describes circumstances in which an employer might terminate the contract. It is possible to negotiate the aspects of these contracts before signing them, and this is crucial when it comes to...
Everyone should feel safe at work. However, that is not always the case. Workplace discrimination is widespread and comes in many different forms. It used to be that the most common types of discrimination were age-related or sex-related, but times have changed and...
Businesses create power structures within their business model to keep employees on track, keep productivity high and give them the foundation to grow. At times, these power structures become unbalanced and when that imbalance combines with toxic behavior toward an...
In the workplace, you could experience discrimination for a number of reasons. While many employees recognize their rights with respect to mistreatment based on their age, sex, religious views or disability, some do not understand that the law covers other types of...
Mental illness affects millions of Americans, and issues such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder may seriously impact those who suffer from such ailments in a number of ways. Mental illness may even impact one's role in the workplace. Mental...
As many have probably heard, Twitter was recently sued for purportedly not giving its employees sufficient advance notice of a mass layoff following Elon Musk’s recent purchase of the company. In early November, several former employees of Twitter brought a...
As we approach the end of the year, it is time to begin looking at some of the new California employment laws which will go into effect in 2023. Below are of some of the changes affecting California employees and employers early next year: Retaliation in Emergency...
May employees get their job through a placement agency and when something goes wrong at work the employee doesn’t know who is ultimately responsible for the conduct. In California, the answer depends on the circumstances surrounding the nature of employment, but more...