Medical Discrimination

Imagine facing a serious illness that demands your full attention. Amid the turbulent waves of medical appointments, treatments, and personal struggles, you are also stressing about whether you may lose your job. If you or someone you care about is grappling with a serious illness and is unsure about their rights as a worker in […]

Employment discrimination can occur at any time, even before someone becomes an employee. This can occur during the job application process, although it usually goes unnoticed.  If illegal discrimination results in a job rejection, the employer rarely provides the real reason for choosing another candidate. Instead, the employer will use some generic language thanking them

The coronavirus has been devastating, to say the least. But there has been recent news from pharmaceutical companies indicating promising results from their clinical trials. For example, Pfizer and BioNTech just announced that after completing a Phase 3 study of their coronavirus vaccine, it had a 95% effectiveness rate. So now, most talk isn’t if

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)

The Human Genome Project was a collaborative venture to map the entirety of human DNA. It finished in 2003, and in the 17 years since, we’ve luckily avoided falling into a society that uses genetic information to discriminate against its citizens. But the potential is there. To help prevent genetic discrimination, Congress passed the Genetic