Two former restaurant workers filed suit against a former State College restaurant and its owner for unfair labor practices, including failure to pay minimum wage and not paying overtime, last week at the Middle District Court of Pennsylvania. The former State College restaurant and its owner are targeted in a...
Since entering the workforce, women have notoriously made less than men, both in their ethnic peer groups and across the board. The good news is that this gap has shrunk over the years. However, not much has changed since the early 2000s. As of 2018, the Census Bureau data showed...
Sexual harassment in the workplace is illegal. It is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which protects employees and job applicants from employment discrimination. Title VII applies to employers with 15 or more employees and is enforced by the U.S....
The law forbids many types of harassment and discrimination in the workplace, including sexual harassment. Over the last couple of years, this type of workplace harassment has become more widely known, but that does not mean sexual harassment is a recent phenomenon. Sexual harassment has been prevalent in workplaces for...
In the United States, employers are required by law to provide a safe workplace for their employees. However, the largest survey undertaken of its kind revealed that two industries are falling behind the rest in terms of preventing sexual harassment. Entertainment is one industry that has been talked about a...
The founder of an Ardmore brewery has resigned from the company he started, following claims of sexual harassment and racial bias made by workers. The decision was announced Tuesday on social media, following an outpouring of allegations over the weekend by employees in response to a similar series of complaints...