Employment Law Blog

Case Becomes Test for LGBTQ Rights in Court

November 7, 2018

A transgender woman who was fired from her job as a Michigan funeral home director may become the poster person for transgender rights, if the Supreme Court decides to hear the case involving her alleged wrongful termination. She still lives with the wife she had married when she considered herself...

Corporate America Protects Perpetrators Rather Than Victims

November 2, 2018

One out of four women will experience sexual harassment in the workplace, according to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). That is an extraordinary and appalling number. Even in the #MeToo era, the sad fact remains that the corporate world still tends to protect the perpetrators of such acts...

Subtle Workplace Discrimination

October 31, 2018

Not all workplace discrimination is obvious. In fact, examples of subtle discriminating behaviors can occur much more frequently, since they are not always caught or stopped. An employee that harasses others in ways such as constantly touching them, staring at them, or making quiet comments may be just as guilty...

Employees and Prospective Hires Failing Drug Tests at Alarming Rates

October 23, 2018

According to recent studies, employees and prospective job hires are failing drug tests at alarming rates. In the past five years, the use of methamphetamines climbed to nearly 150 percent among workers in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The percentage of workers in the state of New York who...

SEPTA’s Toxic Environment

October 22, 2018

SEPTA, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, has recently been accused of creating a toxic environment for its workers by the leader of the Philadelphia branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). It has been claimed that current and former SEPTA employees have experienced racial discrimination...

Sexual Harassment Policies in Workplaces Favor Employers

October 8, 2018

A new Harvard Business Review article points out that companies who are doing their best to curb sexual harassment are unlikely to eliminate it. Victims who are brave enough to take the company to court, only 25 percent of women who are harassed file a complaint internally or take their...