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Women secretly recorded her boss during termination meeting Despite laws like the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), every year thousands of women claim that they were fired or forced out of their jobs due to pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions. In 2015 alone, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received over 3,500 […]

Multiple women filed complaints about his aggressive and inappropriate behavior Working in close proximity to dead bodies wasn’t a problem for three former employees at McWhite’s Funeral Home. However, working in close proximity to their boss was a different story. It seems that the business owner had a hard time […]

Sometimes age discrimination can be extremely subtle, but that doesn’t make it legal “It’s time you got rid of those dinosaurs.” “We need to have younger people running the organization.” Those statements, paraphrased from a recent court case alleging age discrimination, would probably tip-off most older workers off that their […]

Court weighs in on hostile work environment claim What if the person who sits next to you at work consistently looked at online pornography during work hours? Would it make you uncomfortable, even if you couldn’t see it? What if you complained and the boss didn’t address the situation? Do […]

4.2 million more people may qualify for overtime The Department of Labor (DOL) may be giving millions of workers an early holiday gift this year. As of December 1st, the agency’s new rule on overtime goes into effect. However, while the DOL states that approximately 4.2 million people may be […]