Month: January 2021
Although we have come a long way in the United States from the days when discrimination in the workplace was the accepted norm, workplace discrimination does still occur far more often than many people realize in the U.S. If you find yourself to be the victim of employment discrimination you may have the basis for […]
Passed in 2002, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, frequently shortened to “Sarbox” or “SOX”, is a fderal law that was passed as a response to a series of high-profile financial scandals that occurred around the turn of the 21st century at companies including Enron, WorldCom and Tyco that shook investor confidence. The goal of SOX was to […]
The average life expectancy in the United States has almost doubled over the last century. As a result, the American workforce has also aged. An older workforce has created a number of “issues” for both workers and employers, including age discrimination in the workplace. Consequently, one question we are often asked it “ I was […]
At one time in United States history it was not only common, but was also legal, to discriminate in the workplace on the basis of race, color and/or national origin. Thankfully, federal law has made race/color/national origin discrimination illegal now for several decades; however, there are still employers that do engage in racial discrimination in […]
If you have recently been terminated from your job you are likely dealing with both the emotional impact the termination had on you and the financial ramifications of suddenly being unemployed. If the termination was unexpected and, in your opinion, unjustified, you may also be angry at your employer and the situation in which you […]
Prior to passage of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, or FMLA, workers in the United States were frequently faced with the very real possibility of losing their job and/or job related benefits when faced with a family or medical crisis. Fortunately, that concern has been eliminated for workers who are eligible to take […]
As an employee you assume, or at least hope, that your employer runs an honest and law abiding company. What happens though if you discover that your employer is violating the law? Worse yet, what if your employer is actually committing fraud against the government and/or potentially harming the public as a result of those […]
As the Church of Scientology becomes more and more known, either through media reports or actors joining, I am receiving numerous calls from employees in the workplace being forced to listen to, or read, Scientology related propaganda in the workplace. In the United States, you are free to practice whatever religion you want; but, when […]
For women in the workplace one of the most difficult tasks is juggling career and motherhood. The difficulty actually begins as soon as a women finds out she is expecting a baby. Historically, employers would terminate a pregnant employee, refuse to hire a women who was pregnant, and/or replace a women who took time off […]
As an employee you likely operate under the assumption that your employer is honest and law abiding. Most of the time, this assumption turns out to be justified; however, what do you do if you find out your assumption was wrong? What do you do if you uncover evidence that your employer has been committing […]