Discrimination is common and often easy to spot. What’s more difficult is determining why it exists. Even if two people have different religions, different cultures or different skin color, why would those differences pit them against one another? Why would one person...
Employees who have held a job with the same California company for one or more decades often believe they are immune to a sudden termination. If these workers have continuously performed well and received few, if any, reprimands, an abrupt termination seems nearly...
All people have the legal right to be in a workplace where they feel safe and comfortable. When you go to work, you want to be able to focus on your job and on being successful and productive, not on whether you will be made to feel embarrassed, isolated or ashamed by...
You worked at the same company for 20 years because you were a dedicated employee who cared about the job, the business and your co-workers. Yes, you also liked the stability of the job and the way your pay went up with each raise, but you deliberately chose not to...
Losing a job always feels terrible, but for long-term employees, it can also feel like a betrayal. When you have dedicated a large part of your life to a single job and then you are fired, how can you know if your firing was lawful? Sudden termination after long-term...
It’s been three years since the #MeToo movement widely exposed what people who work in the entertainment industry had known for decades -- sexual harassment, abuse and assault were rampant. Despite the strides made to hold perpetrators accountable, workplace bullying...
In recent years, Bank of America (BOA) has been in the news frequently for all the wrong reasons. Now, however, they appear to be trying to head into the right direction regarding diversity, or the lack thereof in their organization. The company set diversity goals...
When you accept a job offer, you do so with the idea that the terms and conditions in your employment contract will be adhered to. There may come a point during your employment when you realize that your employer is making decisions in the face of what’s included in...
There are a few different ways to look at workplace discrimination. Clearly, if someone tells you that you can’t have a promotion due to your gender or that they’re not going to hire you due to your race, that’s discrimination. But, if you shook your head at those...
You have always known that your employer treated employees with disabilities a little differently in your workplace, but you never expected to be the one dealing with those issues. You broke your leg on an outing, and when you returned to work, your employer was not...