Recent Blog Posts
Dealing with HIV-Positive Employees
Persons who live with HIV report living longer, healthier and more productive lives, than was the case in the past. However, they continue to face discrimination in the workplace. More than 1 billion people currently live with HIV in the United States, and workplace discrimination is definitely a problem for them. The Equal Employment… Read More »
How to Prevent Discrimination against Homosexuals in Your Workplace
Public acceptance of homosexuals and lesbians has increased over the past few decades. Employers who decide against hiring a person, or decide to have an employee fired solely because of sexual orientation, may find themselves facing expensive lawsuits. There are no federal laws that specifically ban discrimination against homosexuals, lesbians and transgender employees in… Read More »
Are You Making These Social Media Gaffes?
The popularity of social media and social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter has opened up a whole new world of employment litigation challenges. Smart employers need to understand that an overwhelming majority of their employees are online on sites like Facebook, and that the risk of charges of discrimination, wrongful retaliation, and bias… Read More »
How to Prevent Age Discrimination in Your Workplace
As the number of older employees in the American workforce increases, the risk of age bias creeping in has become very real. In fact, the federal administration has found an increase in the number of cases filed in this category of employment litigation, even as the number of other types of discrimination lawsuits has… Read More »
Watch Those Employee Background Checks
Those criminal background screening checks that employers frequently perform before they hire a potential new employee, may actually place an employer at risk of discrimination charges. Certain minority groups are likely to be disproportionately represented when it comes to arrest, imprisonment and conviction data, and taking such facts into consideration could actually place your… Read More »
Avoid These Common Legal Employment Pitfalls
Very often, simple mistakes that managers and supervisors make can lay the foundation for an expensive lawsuit against the firm. It’s only when those employment lawsuits actually make their way to court that managers hear about a perceived insult, or a minor slight, which might not have registered at the time, but made an… Read More »
California’s Laws against Pregnancy Discrimination
California has some of the most stringent laws in the country against pregnancy discrimination. In fact, the number of pregnancy bias-related lawsuits here has skyrocketed since the state decided to pass laws that provide several accommodations for pregnant women. Under the Fair Employment and Housing Act, it is illegal for an employer to discriminate… Read More »
How to Eliminate Gender Bias While Hiring
You might consider yourself a fair-minded employer, and beyond the inherent biases that place female job applicants at a disadvantage compared to male applicants. However, very often, managers may not be able to completely prevent bias from creeping in. According to one study that was published in Harvard Business Review, bias can creep into… Read More »
Six Don’ts to Keep in Mind While Firing an Employee
Termination of an employee for any reason is one of the least popular aspects of any employer’s life. Unfortunately, those decisions have to be made often. Many companies make mistakes during the firing process, with the result that they find themselves facing a very expensive wrongful termination lawsuit down the line. There are some… Read More »
How to Prevent Sexual Harassment Lawsuits
Modern workplaces are diverse, and employers have to implement preventive measures to reduce the risk of allegations of sexual harassment. Many employers just assume that employees will behave with common sense, tact, and diplomacy. But employees don’t always behave tactfully, and it is the employer who will have to pay the price in the… Read More »
