Career Planning and Recruitment

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was originally intended to protect people with disabilities so they could get fair treatment in the workplace and so they would not be overlooked for employment opportunities and promotions. While this is still the assumed intent of the act, rulings of the court over cases involving the ADA [...]

Yorkshire may not be the first place in the UK to think about finding work, but in fact this county has plenty to offer to the jobseeker. Recruitment agencies Yorkshire advertise opportunities in many large towns and cities including Halifax, Swinton and Sheffield. The latter in particular is well known for its steel [...]

Of the two common types of racial discrimination that are found in the workplace, disparate impact is the harder one to describe and even harder to prove. Disparate impact, unlike disparate treatment, is not directly aimed at a particular person or race, nor is it intentional. In fact, it is often a complete [...]

Did you know that many interviewers look at more than just a person's resume and application information before making a decision about whether or not to hire them? It's true: many interviewers, whether they are aware of it or not, also judge candidates by their body size.
This is an incredibly unfortunate bias that exists [...]

Most people are aware of the existence of religious discrimination in the workplace. This takes place when an employee is turned down for a promotion or is fired because of their religious beliefs. It can also happen when a potential employee is not hired based solely on their religious practices, or when a [...]

It is unfortunate that there are so many preconceived notions about gender roles in this country. But these beliefs are established and the only thing that can be done is to prevent them from permeating the workplace. Some of the gender roles that are common are the belief that women should not work [...]

Most people are aware of the protected categories of people who are protected by laws and legal statutes from workplace; people cannot be turned down for a job or fired from a job because of their race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age or because of pregnancy. However, there are other things that are [...]

According to Federal law, it is illegal to discriminate against a person based on their sex or gender. This was very important legislation during the time of women's suffrage and the feminist movement because it was these movements that brought about legislation like the amendment to the Fair Labor Standard's Act, the Equal Pay [...]