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You see a job posting that lists "recent graduate" or "digital native" as preferred qualifications. The role matches your experience and skills, but the wording feels designed to push you away. Employers sometimes use subtle phrases to discourage older applicants...
Workplace dress codes often include appearance standards. When those policies target natural hairstyles like locs, braids or afros, employees may face pressure to choose between job opportunities and cultural identity. Federal law offers some help, but state-level...
Performance reviews can shape promotions, raises and career growth. However, the words supervisors use may also reveal gender bias. While women may receive vague comments about their personality or communication style, men in comparable roles often get feedback that...
Many Indiana employees approaching their 60s face a troubling pattern at work. A supervisor begins suggesting retirement, and as the comments grow more frequent, the work environment becomes increasingly uncomfortable. This situation raises an important legal...
Microaggressions can be difficult to spot because they are often relatively subtle. But they can certainly still be a form of discrimination or harassment, often based on protected classes, such as race, ethnicity, national origin, sex or gender. Many microaggressions...
Requesting a reasonable accommodation so you can work in spite of a disability is only the first step. If your employer does not respond or engage with your request, you do not necessarily have to start over or assume the answer is no. Here are some actions that can...
If you reported discrimination at work and things suddenly got worse, you may be dealing with retaliation. Losing hours, getting passed over for a promotion or being fired shortly after making a complaint may not be a coincidence. Federal and Indiana law both protect...
As an employee, if you become pregnant, you may be wary of pregnancy discrimination. Some employees are nervous to tell their boss, for example, because they fear losing their job or having their hours cut. They know that things like maternity leave or taking time off...
Workplace retaliation occurs when an employer takes negative employment actions against an employee because the employee engaged in a protected activity. Protected activities include a variety of things, such as taking lawfully allowed time off, reporting...
Many people believe that age discrimination is easy to recognize. They picture a supervisor strongly suggesting that someone is “too old” for a job or that they should retire. The reality is that age discrimination is often more subtle. Countering misconceptions with...