The Harris Poll conducted a study entitled the Out & Equal Workplace Survey and found that 67 percent of Americans are in favor of equal protections for LGBTQ individuals in employment, housing, and public accommodations. They also found that many Americans are unaware that currently there is no federal law...
In a recent article published in Fortune Magazine, analysts from Stanford University Business School and the University of Missouri discussed how the recent accusations of sexual harassment by Fox News reporter Gretchen Carlson exemplify the current corporate culture that allows and often perpetuates this type of discrimination. Carlson made headlines...
Since North Carolina passed House Bill 2 (HB2) which prevents transgender individuals from using public restrooms that correlate with their gender identity, a growing number of private businesses are speaking out against the legislation. More than 180 companies, including Apple, Starbucks, PayPal and Bank of America, have partnered with transgender...
According to a year long study conducted by the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4As), more than half of women in the advertising industry have experienced discrimination or sexual harassment at one time or another. While sexual harassment at the office can be blatant with obscene jokes or sexual propositions,...
Retaliation claims have been steadily increasing over the past 20 years and have recently supplanted race discrimination claims to become the most frequently filed type of complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Retaliation is defined as punishing an employee for reporting discrimination or harassment in the workplace. Retaliation...
In a landmark “donning and doffing” case, The U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld a lower court’s $5.8 million judgement against Tyson Food’s Iowa meat processing plant. At the heart of the case was compensation for the time workers spent putting on (donning) and taking off (doffing) the protective gear necessary...