A recent AARP survey has found that more than nine out of 10 older workers who were 45 years or older have faced age discrimination at some point while seeking employment. Within that statistic, AARP also found that 59 percent of Caucasians, 60 percent of Latinos, and over three quarters...
Is sexual harassment a major issue in the workplace? It depends on who you ask. A recent survey conducted by Working Mother magazine, in conjunction with the American Bar Association, shows a wide discrepancy in how men and women view the depth and breadth of the problem, even in the...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is not happy about the use of pre-employment physical testing for many applicants, and it is cracking down on employers who abuse these tests. While physical ability tests (PATs) are useful for certain job descriptions, they are often discriminatory, especially against women. Hirschbach...
International multimedia news provider, Reuters, reported discrimination claims against a high-profile executive at Uber. An anonymous group, employed by Uber, alleged the use of discriminatory language and derogatory comments from a high-level executive at Uber. Uber issued an investigation following the anonymous whistleblower complaint that alleged the executive dismissed racial...
Philadelphia has recently completed a comprehensive audit of its policy on sexual harassment in the workplace. The audit was prompted by Philadelphia voters in May to change the city’s charter so that all city employees, either elected or appointed, are trained on preventing sexual harassment at least every three years....
The Writers Guild of America West (WGA), a labor union representing film, television, radio, and news media writers, released the results of a survey they performed on sexual harassment in their industry. They found that 64 percent of female writers had experienced some form of sexual harassment during their careers....