Discrimination
What type of damages am I entitled to if I suffer employment discrimination?
A number of federal and state laws prohibit employment discrimination. These include Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits sex, religious, gender and race discrimination. Additionally, the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act (ADAAA) and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), which prohibit discrimination…
Read MoreFacebook Sued for Sex Discrimination in Employment Ads
A recently filed employment discrimination lawsuit asserts that Facebook’s platform promotes sex discrimination. Among the allegations are assertions that Facebook blocks women from seeing job ads. The complaint specifically asserts: “Facebook directs, encourages, and helps its advertisers (including employers and employment agencies) to use Facebook’s ad platform to target their ads (including their employment ads)…
Read MoreUnder what circumstances is an inconvenient work schedule considered employment discrimination?
Juggling the demands of work life and family life can often be challenging. Fortunately for many, employers are increasingly understanding of outside demands and have allowed more opportunities for flex-time and remote working arrangements. However, such arrangements do not make business sense for all work places. A recent case examined the question of when, and…
Read MoreAs Hiring Practices Change, Employers Must Use Care Not to Discriminate
As the workplace evolves, both in how employers seek new hires, and the day-to-day performance of tasks, it is important that employees’ basic rights are respected and are not inadvertently violated with the changing times. For example, when seeking new hires, several cases have challenged the use of certain criteria and targeting of certain demographics…
Read MoreLarge Employers Not Always in Compliance With Wage And Hour Laws
The Federal Labor and Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers pay employees at least minimum wage, and that non-exempt employees earn time and a half for all time work beyond 40 hours in any one work week. However, a recent expose examined the history of some of Georgia’s largest companies mistreating its employees with respect to…
Read MoreWhat types of damages can I recover in an employment discrimination case?
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits several different types of employment discrimination, including discrimination or harassment based on one’s gender, race, religion or national origin. Where you have suffered work place discrimination in violation of Title VII, you may be able to bring a lawsuit and recover damages. Damages differ based…
Read MoreSupreme Court to hear discrimination based on “religious freedom” case
The Supreme Court has announced that it plans to hear a discrimination case involving a bakery that refused to sell a wedding cake to a gay couple. The Colorado-area bakery asserted that it was against their “religion” to sell to a gay couple. The bakery was found guilty of discrimination. Similarly a florist in Washington…
Read MoreScreening Questions May Be Discriminatory
As baby boomers reach and surpass traditional retirement age, many wish to continue working. However, if you don’t already have a job, finding work as an older applicant can be challenging. A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of California Irvine found that the call back rate for older workers was highest for…
Read MoreTop Areas of Employment Discrimination
A little more than 50 years ago, Congress passed Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination in the workplace. The law prohibits discrimination against employees, former employees, and applicants for employment on the basis of their race, color, sex, national origin and religion. Additional laws have been passed to…
Read MoreProposed Religious Freedom Act May Open Doors To Discrimination
A draft executive order proposed by the White House seeking to “Respect Religious Freedom” would provide sweeping protections to those who discriminate. While federal law under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees from religious discrimination, the executive order would allow those same employers to use religion to discriminate against others –…
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