When employees make harassment or bias complaints, managers know not to retaliate. But too many make a mistake in the other direction — and avoid taking any action against the employee again, even when it’s well deserved.
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Tags: documentation, retaliation
Recently, employers have faced a tough question: Are employees protected when they miss work for political advocacy events?
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Tags: NLRA, NLRB, political advocacy
HR knows how tough enforcing company policies can be. But it can be even tougher to decide when you need to bend the rules to avoid a day in court.
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Tags: dress codes, Grand Central Partnership, religious discrimination
Though religious discrimination claims are becoming more common, many managers still struggle with different beliefs in the workplace.
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A recent court ruling has expanded the reach of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act.
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Tags: in vitro fertilization, PDA, Pregnancy Discrimination Act
As debate rises over whether or not employers can ban foreign languages from the workplace, one state has decided to weigh in.
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Tags: bilingual employees, Discrimination, EEOC, English-only, Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, national origin
The number of women in the workplace is dropping. And so is their pay.
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Tags: decline in employment, economy, gender bias, women at work
The Supreme Court has already ruled on a number of employment law cases this year. The next topic on its agenda: pregnancy discrimination.
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Tags: PDA, pension, pregnancy, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, retirement, Supreme Court
Managers can often give the impression of bias even when they don’t intentionally discriminate. It looks like too many of them are doing just that.
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An employee was fired after breaking a company policy. She says her work was scrutinized more closely than others’ because of her race. Her boss says it was because she’d broken the rules before.
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Tags: audit, expense report, finance, performance standards, racial bias, treating one employee differently than others
