Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, employers cannot discriminate against or fire workers who have a physical or mental impairment. As noted by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the ADA also prohibits discriminating against employees...
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...
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...
There are many different laws and regulations that businesses in California must follow. These laws are in place for a variety of reasons, but mainly they are in place to protect the employees, customers, the public in general or the environment. However, it is...
When people get fired or laid off from their jobs in California, there are many things that may be going through their minds. People may know exactly why they were fired, but others may only be able to guess at as to why they were let go. In the latter situation, it...
Office romances are often the subject of movies and TV shows, and for good reason: They do happen in real life. Much like high school or college students tend to date other people from their schools, single workers may wind up dating each other just because they spend...
Did you recently lose your job, and do you think you were wrongfully terminated? Your first reaction is likely frustration or anger -- or both. Losing a job is hard enough on its own. Losing it unfairly just makes it worse.Don't despair; there are steps you can take...
Office romances are common, to some degree because the office is simply the place where people socialize the most. In the same way that you once met people to date in classes in high school or at college, you may find yourself striking up relationships with people at...
A professor at University of the Arts was terminated after he apparently kissed a colleague, but he has fired back, suing the school for wrongful termination and claiming that he did not do anything wrong.The incident allegedly took place back in 2016. He had gone to...
