If someone reports sexual harassment to you and you report it to management or human resources, you might be asking yourself, can I be fired? You’ve done the right thing. Your actions entitle you to legal protection from retaliation, which is punishment for making those illegal practices known. If you are punished for doing the right […]
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Things are not going well for you at work. Almost every day, you face various forms of unprofessional and harassing conduct from your co-workers. Based on the comments you have heard and the differences in treatment between you and other employees, you think you might be the victim of discrimination based on your age, sex,
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June 14, 2016 After facing discrimination over taking family leave, more men and women are choosing to sue their bosses—and in some cases, winning substantial amounts. That’s the main takeaway from the Center for Worklife Law at the University of California’s Hastings law school, which recently released an analysis of litigation trends. The lawsuits are stemming from
If a government employer fired an employee because of his or her political views, it would arguably violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. These amendments state that U.S. citizens cannot have their free speech rights violated by the government and that the government cannot deprive citizens of a right or property
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A failure to promote may be the basis of a lawsuit if the facts and law line up on your side. To have a valid discrimination claim against a present or past employer, you would need to show that there was an adverse employment action because of your protected characteristic. An adverse employment action can
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If your employer or former employer is providing bad references about you to prospective employers, it may be an act of retaliation preventing you from obtaining opportunities and possibly higher pay. As a plaintiff, you might be able to bring a legal action against the party, but you may have a hard time proving that
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Fighting Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace Fighting Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace A book by respected trial lawyer and former federal prosecutor Tom Spiggle for mothers, fathers and caregivers facing caregiving or pregnancy discrimination in the workplace. Pregnancy is hard enough. Going through it with a boss who is unsympathetic – or even downright hostile-only
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It is illegal to be discriminated against in employment and your education if the reason is bias against you because you belong to a protected class. Depending on the facts, an internship may or may not be considered employment. In one case, a Michigan woman, Tina Varlesi, successfully claimed that her internship was affected by
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Harassment cases are judged on the facts of each situation. Unless one harasser is terrorizing an entire workforce, the actions and words of the alleged harasser are unique to each situation. Therefore, judges and juries need to decide whether the evidence shown at a trial establishes that harassment, as it has been defined by antidiscrimination
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If you’re the victim of discrimination, you may want any number of things to right the wrong that happened to you. However, it’s not up to you to decide what you can get. The types of damages available for a particular cause of action are spelled out in the statute authorizing that cause of action.
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