Archive for March, 2009

Sexual Orientation Discrimination: California Law

March 31st, 2009

The only state in the United States that has anti-discrimination law for sexual orientation discrimination is California. California has many statutes that protect workers from any discrimination in the workplace regardless of their sexual orientation. One of the more complicated of these issues is in regards to perceived sexual orientation.
Employers who think that [...]

Sex or Gender Discrimination: What It Is

March 28th, 2009

As most of the employable people in the United States are already aware, any kind of discrimination in the workplace is illegal. Some kinds, like sexual orientation discrimination, is only prevented by state law in California and is not covered at all by Federal law; other types of discrimination, like sex or gender discrimination, [...]

Age Discrimination, Disparate Impact, and the Law

March 24th, 2009

In the state of California, it was recently found that police officers who had been working for a short amount of time and had little experience on the job were given higher pay raises that those officers who had significant seniority, much more experience, but were over the age of forty. According the Federal [...]

Disability Discrimination: Accommodation

March 21st, 2009

When someone with a disability is hired into a company, they have the right to ask for what is called "reasonable accommodation". Reasonable accommodation is essentially the things that the person with the disability needs to do his or her job. These things can be as complicated as a wheelchair accessible elevator, and [...]

Do I Have a Good Case of Workplace Discrimination?

March 17th, 2009

This is the most difficult question to answer, and it often takes a team of lawyers working around the clock to prove an instance of workplace discrimination. There are a few things that lawyers look for when they are examining a workplace discrimination case, and the main thing that they are searching for is [...]

Sexual Orientation Discrimination: California Law

March 14th, 2009

The only state in the United States that has anti-discrimination law for sexual orientation discrimination is California. California has many statutes that protect workers from any discrimination in the workplace regardless of their sexual orientation. One of the more complicated of these issues is in regards to perceived sexual orientation.
Employers who think that [...]

Leaving a Job: How Not to Burn Bridges

March 14th, 2009

When you decide to leave your current employer for a new one, there can be a great deal of hardship that is involved. The hard feelings could be on your end, especially if you are leaving a bad job or an unprofessional boss. Or, the hard feelings could be on the part of [...]

Should You Work from Home?

March 10th, 2009

Are you currently employed outside of the home? If you are, do you regularly find yourself frustrated with the daily commute to and from work? Do you regularly find yourself fed up with workplace gossip or antics that may go on at your company workplace? If you do, have you ever considered [...]

How to Properly Quit Your Job

March 7th, 2009

Are you currently unsatisfied with your job? If you are, you may be interested in exploring your other options. To do so, many individuals make the decision to turn in their resignation or to quit. If you are interested in quitting your job, you will want to continue reading on. A few [...]

How to Ask Your Employer About Working from Home

March 3rd, 2009

Do you love your job, but just not the people in which you work with or the workplace setting in general? If your answer is yes, you may want to think about asking your employer if you can work from home. Even if working from home is an idea that you do not [...]

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