Companies fire employees for legitimate reasons, such as poor job performance, stealing, and blatant disregard for company policies. However, there are circumstances when employees are terminated for reasons that are against the law. There are many local, state, and federal laws in place to prevent companies from firing employees, such...
A female employee at a state correctional institute claims she has been repeatedly sexually harassed and assaulted at work. Although she reported the incidents to both her supervisors and to the local police, no action was taken to stop the pervasive sexual harassment. This is a situation many women find...
Pennsylvania is an at-will employment state, meaning that an employer is not required to show good cause for firing an employee. An employee may quit without justification and may likewise be fired at any time for almost any reason. However, there are some exceptions to this rule, one of which...
Although many companies have cancelled their holiday work parties because of the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, other businesses are pushing forward with planned festivities. For some workers, it can be a joyful time to relax and have some fun at the end of a trying year. This does not necessarily...
Legally speaking, discrimination is defined as the unequal or prejudicial treatment of people or groups based solely on protected characteristics. These characteristics are personal traits that have nothing to do with merit or actions of the discriminated victim, such as age or gender or sex. Outside of the legal definition,...
Despite longstanding federal and state laws prohibiting employment discrimination, workers across the United States are still subject to unequal treatment based on protected characteristics. One particular type of discrimination that is now gaining attention is hair discrimination. Several states, including Pennsylvania, are seeking to end the grooming policies that prohibit...