Your hair is a very personal, important part of your identity. So, what happens when your hairstyle is at odds with your employer’s grooming policy? Worse, what if your manager tells you that your natural hair is somehow “unprofessional” and expects you to submit to painful, damaging…
Breastfeeding an infant is best for both the infant and mother — but when that mother is working, attempting to breastfeed and asking for accommodations too often ends with a pink slip. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which covers many employees in the United States, and…
Whether you’re an employee working in California or you happen to employ others for your business in the state, it’s important to know that there are some significant legal changes that go into effect Jan. 1, 2019. Sexual harassment is being addressed in several ways in the…
Allowing a racist remark to go unchallenged conveys the subtle message that whatever is being said is somehow acceptable. That’s not good. Racism won’t stop until enough people take a stand and offer a negative response to every racist remark they hear. Responding to someone’s racist comment…
There’s a lot of conversations going on about the concept of privilege in America. Unfortunately, there isn’t always a clear understanding of what privilege means. People who are told that they are privileged because they are white, heterosexual, cisgendered, male or anything similar often react with frustration…
Reports indicate that the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields are not as open to African-American workers as one would hope, with many of them reporting workplace discrimination. For instance, when asked if they had faced racial discrimination on the job or discrimination based on their…
Both men and women experience gender discrimination in the workplace. However, looking at the percentages for different types of discrimination — not getting a raise based on one’s gender, for instance — show that it happens vastly more often for women than it does for men. In…
Racial discrimination in the workplace may be illegal, but that does not mean it doesn’t happen all the time. In fact, about 33 percent of Latino workers claim they have been discriminated against at work. That’s a stunning percentage, considering today’s modern employment laws. Examples of this…
The world is a very different place today than it was back in 1989. However, in one way, researchers say that nothing has really changed since then. They claim that the discrimination that African-Americans face when trying to get jobs is exactly the same. The study was…
California prioritizes the right to work and be free of discrimination, and Californians have more explicit rights in the workplace than most other Americans. Challenges still remain, and many members of racial minorities face them every day. An alternative energy company is facing lawsuits in Sacramento Superior…
