Some jobs are inherently dangerous to a worker’s physical safety. Think working on an aircraft carrier flight deck or in the logging industry. But a seemingly safe job could also be dangerous, especially when the harm comes in the form of psychological trauma. I wrote an earlier article about an employer’s duty to keep employees […]
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Workers enjoy many legal rights outlined by various federal, state and local laws. However, these rights mean little if employees must suffer retaliation for exercising these rights. Luckily, many of these laws have special provisions that prevent workplace retaliation. Workplace retaliation is an adverse employment action against an applicant or employee that occurs in response
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There are many federal laws that provide a wide range of protections to employees against discrimination. Some of these discrimination protections include: Race, national origin, sex, color and religion (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) Disability (Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) Pregnancy (Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978) Age (Age Discrimination in
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In 2019, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received more than 7,500 complaints of sexual harassment. The scary part is that this is just a fraction of the sexual harassment that takes place in work settings around the country. When most of us think about sexual harassment, we think about a male employee making
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Overt, malicious racism still happens every so often in the workplace, but Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it completely illegal. Additionally, overt racism is almost universally frowned-upon today, so it is not too common. However, casual racism is quite prevalent in many facets of life, including the workplace. Unfortunately, it
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In a perfect world, whenever someone struggles with a mental health concern, they should feel free to get help and be able to share any struggles without fear of any negative reaction. But life’s imperfect, which means the workplace is imperfect too. As a result, many employees suffering from depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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As a result of trying to keep the workplace as safe as possible, remote work has taken off in recent months. For some employers, they merely expanded their telecommuting program. For others, employers are offering their employees the ability to work from home for the very first time. Regardless of how much experience an employer
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Sometimes, Washington, D.C. parents need help taking care of their kids. So they decide to hire a child caregiver to enter their home and provide childcare services. What these parents and caregivers might not know is that in some of these situations, the law will consider the caregiver an employee and the family that hires
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Humor provides a way for coworkers to bond with each other and cope with the stresses of work, but coworkers and managers need to be cautious when cracking jokes on the job. There’s a thin line between humor and harassment in the workplace — and it’s easy to cross it. A study conducted at Harvard
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Many are surprised to learn that their legal claims do not necessarily last forever. It can be disheartening for someone who was fired years ago to be turned away by a law firm, but this can and does happen, even to people with otherwise great cases, if the claim is outside of its Statute of
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