Career Planning and Recruitment

There are two basic types of racial discrimination that are common in the workplace; the more common one, disparate treatment, is direct and purposefully harmful to the person. Essentially, disparate treatment means that the person being discriminated against is treated in a way that is deemed unfair or is directly discriminated against by the [...]

The short answer to the question, "who is protected from workplace discrimination" can be summed up in one word: everyone. While you may not have a legitimate discrimination case on your hands if your boss fires you because he doesn't like you personally, you can take action against him if he doesn't like you [...]

For both women and men, it is important to be able to be yourself all the time, but most specifically in the workplace. While certain behaviors like poor language and inappropriate humor should always be left at home, a person's personal and gender traits cannot be expected to be saved for outside the office. [...]

What is lacking in our country's Federal Law that protects American workers from discrimination? There is legislation for pregnant women, for racial differences, for religious differences, for gender differences, and for disabilities. But what about legislation that protects homosexuals and transgender people? Currently, there is no Federal legislation that protects a person's [...]

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 [...]

Sexual discrimination is always making the headlines in the United States. It is a huge problem, and the country and Federal government is trying its best to beat the problem of sexual discrimination all over the 50 states. But is it only a problem in the US? The answer is a resounding [...]

According to the Federal Title VII law, an employer does not have to provide any leave of absence time for a woman to deliver her baby. This may sound odd, and according to California state law, it is. In fact, California state law requires necessary pregnancy leave of four months or less for [...]

What is lacking in our country's Federal Law that protects American workers from discrimination? There is legislation for pregnant women, for racial differences, for religious differences, for gender differences, and for disabilities. But what about legislation that protects homosexuals and transgender people? Currently, there is no Federal legislation that protects a person's [...]

Everyone these days talks about networking for job searches. But for those who are just starting their initial job search, they might not know exactly what networking is. While it sounds like a computer term, networking is actually utilizing the people you know to find jobs in your field. For example, if [...]

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 [...]