There are both state and federal laws in place that prohibit racial discrimination in the workplace. The being said it is the responsibility of all of us, employers, employees, coworkers, to do what we can to prevent racial discrimination from occurring in the workplace. While this may involve all of confronting uncomfortable topics...
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Claims of employment discrimination or harassment in the workplace must be taken seriously. They must be evaluated in light of the totality of the circumstances. There are several types of defenses that are commonly presented by employers when faced with a claim of employment discrimination or harassment.
There are laws in place, both federal and state, that protect employees and prospective employees from being discriminated against based on a number of different things which place them in a protected class. Discrimination may happen in a number of different ways. If you feel like you have been discriminated against by an employer...
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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 has always provided critical protections to U.S. workers. Title VII protects individuals by prohibiting employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. There have, however, been questions filtering through the court system regarding whether or not “sex” extended Title VII protections...
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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 granted workers protection from religious discrimination in the employment setting. This means that both employees and prospective employees have the right to be free from discriminatory acts perpetrated by an employer in regard to everything from hiring to firing and terms and conditions of...
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Starbucks paints itself as a place of acceptance for everyone. One of the latest ad campaigns released by Starbucks depicts the coffee shop as a safe place for transgender customers. Despite its public perception, employees at some...
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Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) took on the protection of disabled Americans from discrimination in the workplace. Previous legislation regarding discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, religious, age, and gender discrimination always asserted that when you treat people the same, the result would be fairness in the...
Continue reading…Signed into law by President Kennedy in 1963, the Equal Pay Act (EPA) was one of the very first U.S. laws enacted in an effort to reduce the occurrence of gender discrimination in the workplace. In particular, the EPA aimed to address the long-standing problem of gender-based wage discrimination. While, at the time the...
Continue reading…By now, you have likely heard of the controversy surrounding some recent tweets and statements made by President Trump towards several female Democratic congresswomen. The President’s tweet read that certain congresswomen, who had allegedly made statements expressing their discontent with America in its current state, should “go back and help fix the totally broken...
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Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will take up the important issue of whether federal employment laws protect LGBT employees. The court will consider three different cases, two focused on discrimination based on sexual orientation and the third involving discrimination against...
