Category: Workplace Discrimination

And How Employers Get Away With It According to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and other state and federal laws, it’s illegal for employers to discriminate against employees or job applicants because of their age. However, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), approximately 60% of surveyed older […]

Know Your Rights—and How to Protect Them Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), you’re entitled to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year to fulfill caregiving obligations or handle a medical issue. At the end of your leave, you must be able to return to your previous job […]

And It May Actually Be Worse Than We Thought Women make $.80 for every dollar men earn in the workforce, right? That’s the most common statistic that’s floated around. But actually, according to a recent study by the Women’s Policy Research Institute, the picture is much worse. The study found […]

Or Has it Already Started? When the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its statistics on the number and types of workplace discrimination cases it handled in 2018, age discrimination was among the top five. This type of discrimination is typically associated with the Baby Boomer generation. But Gen Xers, […]

Some of These May Surprise You Every year, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) releases the number and types of workplace discrimination cases it handled in the prior year. This year, there were a few key changes in the data—and some points that stayed stubbornly consistent with prior years. […]