November 8, 2016 In recent weeks and months, we’ve read disturbing headlines with all sorts of arguments from alleged sexual abusers sharing that the women claiming they were touched inappropriately or abused were either lying, too ugly to be harassed, or planted by another group or faction. For women all around the world, sexual misconduct […]
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Successful financial advisers work hard for their money, but should that money include overtime pay? Depending on the facts of a situation, a person working as a financial adviser may or may not be considered a nonexempt, hourly employee who qualifies for overtime pay if he or she works more than 40 hours a week.
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Has your employer denied you benefits or overtime pay because it considers you an independent contractor? As an employee, you are entitled to certain protections under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). But many employers have reclassified employees as independent contractors to save money or reduce their overhead. If this happens to you, you
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Many people have heard of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal law that prohibits employers from discriminating against employees based on their race or sex and that protects your rights as an employee. But if you work or do business in Washington, D.C., did you know that you’re subject to
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If you have filed a complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), you are most likely dealing with some kind of serious situation at work. You want it dealt with as soon as possible. How fast a response is possible depends on a number of issues. The reality is that the agency has
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Asking a co-worker what he or she earns is generally considered an office faux pas. But in some situations, it may be the only way an employee can figure out what might be fair pay for that organization or company. But why would an employee, especially a female one, worry whether she is getting paid
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This blog is a guest post by Spiggle Law Firm partner Phillis h. Rambsy. I cannot escape the topic of hair. As a black woman who works in a “professional services” industry, I often get questions about my hair, ranging from whether it is my real hair to whether I “wear it like that” in
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You’re looking for a new job, and you’ve landed a callback interview. You can tell things are going well because your interviewer has started talking about how wonderful the company is and its generous compensation package. Before the interview is over, your interviewer asks a final question: what you earned in your previous job. Sensing
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Pretty bad. The legal term for a justifiable resignation is “constructive discharge.” To hold an employer liable for your resignation, the conditions must be so bad that a reasonable person in your position would leave the job. Given how each job situation is unique, there is no checklist that you need to go through to
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In most employment discrimination cases, the issue revolves around bias against the employee or job applicant because of an employee’s personal characteristics (such as color, race, religion, or sex), while retaliation cases are based on what an employee does. In retaliation cases, plaintiffs need to prove that because they did something (like file a complaint
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