When you feel that there is something wrong in the workplace, you should feel like you can speak up to protect yourself, your rights, or other employees from illegal misconduct. However, some employers will punish parties who do this or try to prevent them from...
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Employee And Union Rights
Employee And Union Rights
Fighting For
Employee And Union Rights
Employee And Union Rights
Employment Law
Are you in a hostile work environment?
Have you been the victim of a hostile work environment due to your race, gender, ethnicity, religion, height, weight, age, marital status, or disability? Employers are required to take action to prevent a hostile work environment based on one of the protected classes...
Harassment and retaliation cost Fox News’ $1 million
The path to a record-breaking fine for violating sexual harassment and job retaliation started with allegations in 2016 that led to an investigation the following year. Along the way, alleged harassers found themselves out of work. A real-life story that became a...
Holding parties accountable for workplace harassment
No worker should suffer mistreatment on the job. Unfortunately, employees across Michigan face sexual harassment from their bosses and coworkers every day. Not only does this misconduct make work an uncomfortable and potentially dangerous place to be, but it also...
Can working too much make people sick?
When people think about work-related illnesses, they might think about getting the flu from co-workers or suffering toxic exposure to harmful substances. However, a recent report from the World Health Organization notes that work itself could also be making some...
What makes an accommodation ‘unreasonable’?
Employees with a disability have the right to request accommodations that enable them to perform a job's essential functions. Unfortunately, some employers will deny an accommodation, claiming it is not reasonable. To know whether this is a valid defense or not,...
Documentary highlights challenges still faced by working women
Women in the workplace have come a long way since the 1970s, or have they? Gender discrimination continues to exist for women while on the job. Passed over for promotions, undervalued, underpaid, sexual harassment and racial discrimination are just some of the...
Can a company dress code be discriminatory?
Yes, in some circumstances, even a neutral-sounding dress code could be discriminatory. There is a possibility that a certain dress code could violate federal and state laws prohibiting discrimination based on national origin, religion or disability. According to the...
Can men be fired when they have children?
“You shouldn’t have a kid,” said Steven’s co-worker at Disney. He wasn’t the only one to comment. When Steven returned from his two weeks of paternity leave, he was fired. He sued, but a federal court dismissed his case. The reason? The court said the firing didn’t...
Study: Wage theft increases during recession
Many Americans have struggled over the past several months due to the coronavirus pandemic as millions have lost their jobs, businesses have shuttered, and many families face eviction as they are unable to make rent or mortgage payments. A new study says many of those...