At-will employment means that you or your employer may terminate your employment at any time without any explanation. You will find at-will employment policies in every state except Montana. The opposite of at-will is contract employment. If you do not have a...
Has your employer treated you differently since you announced your pregnancy at work? Discrimination is not always easy to detect. If you have concerns about pregnancy discrimination at your job, review these red flags and understand your potential courses of...
The fight for and against the “gig economy” goes on, as California voters passed Proposition 22 in California in November. One of the biggest employment topics in California over the past year relates to Assembly Bill 5. This bill went into effect on January 1st,...
The National Labor Relations Act from 1935 expanded labor relations legislation and laid the ground floor for private sector unionization. The House of Representatives recently approved H.R. 842, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, which may be the most...
Workplace harassment is a pervasive problem across the state of California and all over the country. Nobody should have to exist in a workplace involving offensive jokes, slurs, assaults, mockery or anything of this vein that interferes with work performance....
Men in the workplace may feel they do not have to worry about sexual harassment, but several male employees find themselves on the receiving end of crude comments, inappropriate touching and more. What does sexual harassment look like for men? The Conversation...
Working for a staffing agency, you may face discrimination and retaliation as much as or even more than permanent employees. But who is responsible for preventing these activities? Is it the agency? Is it the agency's client company where you work for days, weeks or...
If California approves the proposed Silenced No More law, employees who report workplace racial discrimination would not be subject to the terms of nondisclosure agreements. Often, companies use these contracts to attempt to prevent workers from speaking out against...
Sexual harassment in the workplace can take on many forms and sometimes it can be hard to figure out if someone is crossing the line. If you are unsure whether what you are experiencing qualifies as sexual harassment, ask yourself some of the following questions to...
Gone are the days when your employer could establish a strict dress code and implement it with threats of demotion or firing if you did not adhere to it. The Houston Chronicle reports that while no law prohibits your employer from having a dress code, it must,...
