Employee Rights

According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, if an applicant or employee is treated unfavorably due to pregnancy, childbirth, or a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth, the treatment is classified as pregnancy discrimination. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act states that discrimination can include any aspect of employment such as hiring, firing, salary increase or decrease, job assignment, promotions, demotions, training, leave, and health insurance.   Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Impairments resulting from pregnancy, such as gestational diabetes or preeclampsia, may be classified as disabilities under the ADA. An employer may have to provide reasonable accommodation for a disability related to pregnancy such as leave or modifications so that the employee can complete their job.   Pregnancy discrimination [...]

6 examples of disability discrimination in the workplace The Americans with Disabilities Act protects you from being discriminated against due to a past, current, or perceived disability. Disability discrimination in the workplace is against the law but unfortunately, that doesn’t deter all violations. Here are 6 examples of disability discrimination and its presence in a work environment. Firing a candidate because of a disability Employers are not permitted to make any job-related decision based on a candidate’s or employee’s disability. This includes hiring decisions, promotions, terminations, and other related aspects of employment. If an employer doesn’t hire a qualified applicant due to a disability, decides to reassign the employee to a lesser role, or fire him or her because of [...]

A whistleblower is an individual that reports a person or organization that is violating laws or regulations or is a danger to public health and safety. State and federal laws offer protection to employees that stop or report acts prohibited by law or testify about unlawful conduct. Conduct Conduct that could be subject to whistleblowing includes breaking environmental laws corporate fraud in publicly traded companies violation of industry rules and regulations decision-making that endangers public health and safety gross waste of funds abuse of authority censorship of information that could cause any of the above Retaliation Laws are in place that protect whistleblowers from retaliation from employers. This includes but is not limited to firing, demotion, blacklisting, harassment, reduction in [...]

It’s essential that employees know their rights and take steps to protect themselves in the case of wrongful termination. Employment-at-will doctrine Employees and employers are not bound to their employment relationship by anything but voluntary desire. An employee can leave the job without reason and an employer can fire the employee at any time without cause. Wrongful termination Wrongful termination is a situation in which an employee is fired for reasons which are considered against the law. Here are some examples of unlawful reasons for termination which would fall outside of the employment-at-will doctrine.   Firing due to sex, gender identity or sexual orientation Firing as a form of sexual harassment Firing on the basis of a disability Firing in [...]