You have the right to report unsafe or illegal activity in the workplace, including things like safety violations or discrimination — but not all employers behave benevolently when they’re alerted to a problem. In fact, reporting a problem does have the potential of putting a target on…
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…
What can you do to stop sexual harassment if you’re neither the harasser nor the victim? Plenty. Sexual harassment is something that frequently arises out of a company’s culture. It won’t stop until there’s a cultural shift that makes abusers realize that such actions simply are not…
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…
Is it illegal for an employer to fire you while you’re sidelined from the job due to an illness or injury? Unfortunately, no. At least, not exactly. Your disability doesn’t protect you against all causes for termination. Generally speaking, your employer can let you go for any…
Wrongful termination is still a problem at places of employment throughout California and the rest of the country. Even though there are laws banning different reasons why employers can fire their employees, companies still thin their payroll by using these reasons. Let’s take a look at the…
A man who worked for UPS in Los Angeles was fired, and he says that he was discriminated against and wrongfully terminated. He claims that racism was the root of the issue. The man had been with UPS for a dozen years. At one point, the drivers…
In order to curb sexual harassment in the workplace, it is important to think about what it’s really about. The root of the issue, experts claim, is not a desire for an intimate relationship. In many cases, it is just about power. It doesn’t matter who holds…
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…
