Employment Blogs
Hair discrimination laws are growing
Hair discrimination occurs when an employer takes an adverse action against an employee or job applicant based on their natural hair style or type.
Does customer backlash justify discrimination?
Recently, several companies embracing Pride Month, the annual celebration for LGBTQ+, adjusted their marketing plans in response to opposition from customers. What does this have to do with employment discrimination?
Federal law requires employers to accommodate pregnant workers
Employers in New York, New Jersey and about 30 other states and cities are required to provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant workers.
Do you have a gender wage gap?
Don’t be like Goldman Sachs. Close your gender wage gaps before you have to pay millions. Otherwise, you may be forced to close your doors.
Nursing mothers have rights, too
The PUMP Act (Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers), the law requires employers to provide reasonable break time for workers to express breast milk in a private place other than a bathroom.
Top three forms of workplace discrimination
Every year, the EEOC publishes statistics on the number of discrimination claims submitted to the agency during the previous fiscal year, broken down by the type of discrimination alleged.