As an employee looking for a job, you know that you’re not supposed to face discrimination when you apply. Businesses are supposed to give everyone an equal opportunity to show that they can do the job. Unfortunately, some businesses will still discriminate against...
Put The Law | On Your Side
Month: July 2023
When do workers need to be paid?
When payday rolls around, your boss tells you that they’re just short by a little bit and they will pay you in the next few days. You don’t want to cause a scene, so you say that it’s fine. But then the next alleged payday comes and goes, and they still tell you that...
3 kinds of wrongful termination
Losing your job can be stressful. Going from having a regular income to not having one can cause you all sorts of financial problems. Sometimes these terminations are justified, but sometimes it's a case of wrongful termination. Wrongful termination means that an...
Could AI discriminate against you in the hiring process?
Many companies have turned to artificial intelligence (AI) to help them eliminate intentional or subconscious discrimination from their hiring processes. It turns out AI can be just as biased as humans. AI is not racist or sexist in the way some people are. It doesn’t...
A customer has sexually harassed me at work. What do I do?
As an employee, chances are your job involves interacting with your employer’s clients from time to time. And while most clients are generally respectful, it is not uncommon to come across a few unruly ones. If this unruliness turns sexual in nature, you might be...