Category: Workplace Discrimination

Your New Rights Under the Law It’s not uncommon for job applicants to be subjected to drug testing for marijuana use as part of the hiring process. However, in Philadelphia, it will soon be unlawful for many employers to make job applicants take these tests. Earlier this year, the city […]

The EEOC Has Issued New Guidelines About Vaccine Requirements at Work Can your employer require that you get the COVID vaccine—and fire you if you refuse? This is a tricky question, because there is no federal law that governs whether employers can mandate COVID vaccines for their employees. It’s more […]

New Rights for Cannabis Users—and How They Affect You In February of 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed an act into law that legalized recreational use of marijuana for everyone aged 21 and over. Medical marijuana has been legal in New Jersey for over a decade, with various restrictions. […]

Employers Often Sneak These Into Employment Agreements and Offer Letters An arbitration clause is legal language stating that you give up your right to sue your employer in court over job-related matters, including workplace discrimination, breach of contract, or wrongful termination. Employers often insert these clauses into employment agreements or […]

The Law That Protects Equal Wages for Women The Equal Pay Act (EPA) requires employers to pay male and female employees equally for the same work. Technically it promotes pay equity for men as well as women, but it was crafted to remedy the strongly entrenched pay disparities faced by […]