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,...
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects individuals against discrimination on the basis of race and color as well as national origin, sex, disability or religion. In the workplace, it is illegal to discriminate due to race in regard to hiring, termination, compensation, promotion, job training, or...
A California federal court has ruled that employers are legally allowed to pay women less for the same work, based on the difference in their previous salaries. The 9th United States Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a ruling by a lower court, which stated that differences in pay based...
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discriminatory acts at work based on gender. Though passed into law more than 50 years ago, this and other forms of discrimination continue to be a serious problem. However, many people are unsure about...
Recent reports of sexual harassment within the Uber culture have put the company in the spotlight – and it is a very negative light. A former employee wrote a blog post about her experience within the company, prompting an investigation. The former employee, a full-time engineer, had experienced harassment from...
In a recent case from New York, a hotel executive claimed she faced retaliation and harassment from supervisors and coworkers after she filed a complaint against a senior member of her company kissed her without her consent in a bar. In her claim, she states that she was blamed for...