Many employers use the services of a staffing agency to fill temporary positions. For example, they may need someone to cover for a maternity leave or short-term disability or for seasonal work during an extra-busy period. Employees will often work in temporary jobs as well. Sometimes, it is during a...
Women Who Tech surveyed nearly 1,000 women working in the technology industry and found that approximately 48 percent of the women tech workers were victims of harassment. Those surveyed included employees, founders, and investors. Additionally, 42 percent claimed that the harassment came from a supervisor and 76 percent said it...
CBS has terminated two national executives this week who were implicated in a scathing report about abusive behavior and failure to retain journalists of color at the network’s Philadelphia affiliate KYW. The executives, one of whom was a former station manager, were accused of bullying female managers, not hiring more...
When sexual harassment occurs at work, most experts recommend discussing the problem with a supervisor or the company’s Human Resources (HR) department. This is not always possible, though. It may be too uncomfortable to bring it up to the boss or that person may even be the abuser. Smaller companies...
Every day, many Americans go to work with the expectation that they can retire with enough income. A primary source of their income is often a traditional employer pension or an employer-sponsored 401(k) plan. However, what if an employer denies an employee’s retirement benefits? This does happen and with more...
Data at Yale University showed that age discrimination negatively affected a person’s health in 96 percent of their studies. The researchers included data from seven million older people in 422 studies conducted from 1970 to 2017 in 45 countries. The researchers found that ageism affected people’s health on both an...