Racial discrimination in the workplace is still an unfortunately common occurrence. While mistreatment can and often does come from other staff members, it is ultimately up to the employer to create a positive environment for all employees. One way to do so is by...
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Identifying ageism in the workplace
If you are a Wisconsin employee over the age of 40, you may have valuable experience that can help your company’s interests. However, organizations often prefer inexperienced, younger employees, and take steps that remove older workers from their jobs. According to...
What are pregnant people’s rights in the workplace?
When you are about to have a child, you may face wide variety of different questions. How can you be a good parent? What will your child be like? Are you ready to welcome a new member into your family? Unfortunately, many pregnant people also face questions about...
What should I know about filing a sex discrimination complaint?
Work-based discrimination complaints should always go to your supervisor, manager or boss first. However, after making that report, you will need to make another complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to seek federal protection. The EEOC...
What do you know about racial microaggressions?
You are one of the few racial minorities working in your office. While you do not experience outright racial discrimination, you feel some of your coworkers' comments and actions border on discrimination. Have you heard of microaggressions? Forbes explores the...
Will age discrimination become a greater problem?
If you still have the ability to perform good work for a business in your older years, your age should not be a barrier to employment. Unfortunately, age discrimination is not only a current issue for some older workers, but there are some reasons to believe that more...
Do you work in a hostile environment?
Federal law categorizes a hostile work environment as a form of illegal harassment. Specifically, prohibited actions include intimidation, abuse or hostility about a legally protected class. Review the factors that determine the existence of a hostile work...
Can grooming policies qualify as discrimination?
Sometimes it is easy to tell when a workplace is discriminating against employees of color or against people of particular ethnicities. However, a lot of discrimination can be much more subtle. Sometimes discrimination happens when a workplace burdens minority workers...
Why do women bully other women at work?
Female-on-female workplace bullying receives little attention in the media, but nevertheless represents a serious and ongoing form of sexual harassment that many female workers face on a daily basis. If you are a women who has become the bullying target of one of your...
Transgender discrimination in Indiana workplaces
The U.S. government takes issues of civil rights very seriously, and the protections afforded by the federal government extend to any workplace in Indiana. While sex discrimination is prohibited, transgender individuals may wonder where they fall under legislation...