The last few years have seen a surge of transgender people finally coming out of the shadows and speaking about their gender identity. If you were not aware before, you may discover that your co-worker identifies as transgender, or if you are transgender you may be more inclined to identify...
No employer wants to face a sexual harassment suit. Neither do they want sexual harassment to impact any of their workers. To this end, nearly every organization in the United States has a written sexual harassment policy to alert workers to proper conduct in the workplace. Yet, researchers at the...
There have been dramatic changes in the workforce over the years, and yet employees are still bound by outdated federal workforce rules from the 1930s. That is why the House recently passed the Working Families Flexibility Act (WFFA) of 2017. If enacted, the WFFA will give employees who work overtime...
The Assembly Appropriations Committee in New Jersey approved an expansion in family leave benefits on Monday. The proposed family leave law would increase benefits and give workers job protection. Assemblymen voted 8-2 in support of the law that would increase the benefits available to caregivers of newborns or ill family...
Employment discrimination is tough for anyone. When an employer fires someone because of who they are rather than the work they do or singles them out for special mistreatment, or when co-workers go out of their way to make the employee feel uncomfortable because they are different, going to work...
Employers who discriminate against workers, applicants or contractors can face stiff penalties. Under federal discrimination laws, employees are protected from discrimination based on a protected characteristic. Protected characteristics include age, disability, gender, marriage, pregnancy, race, religion, national origin, and sexual orientation. Discrimination may be direct or indirect. In direct cases,...