Downsizing is often unfortunate but necessary. A business may need to reduce its staff in order to cut costs. These mass layoffs may be the only practical way to do so. For example, perhaps the business was expanding because there wasn’t much competition. But a new...
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Workplace Discrimination
Promotion discrimination makes it harder for people to succeed
People often believe that hard work and loyalty to an employer is all it will take for them to succeed. Some people stay with the same company for decades because it promises that it will prioritize internal promotions over outside hires when jobs become available....
The health impacts of workplace harassment
There is no such thing as a perfect job, and workers generally have to endure some difficulties, no matter what their profession. But such difficulties should not extend to being out of the ordinary and they should certainly not involve any form of harassment....
Harassed about your hair at work? It may be illegal
For far too long, people of color have been forced to adapt their natural hair into some semblance of the hairstyles typically worn by White people if they want to get or keep their jobs — or sometimes, even remain in school. This disparity has finally been...
Harassed or discriminated against at work? Stay off social media
The fact that many kinds of harassment and discrimination in the workplace are unlawful doesn’t mean that workers never face this kind of mistreatment. Employers, co-workers and others with a stake in how companies operate may overstep the law consciously or...
3 reasons sexual harassment cases in the workplace go unreported
Unfortunately, many employees are sexually harassed by managers, colleagues and customers – but a high number of such cases go unreported. 6,201 charges alleging sexual harassment were filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2022, but that may...
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...
4 examples of age discrimination in the workplace
An employee or a job candidate can be treated unfairly for any number of reasons, including their age. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) formally protects workers aged 40 or older from any form of discrimination in the workplace – but it still...
Blowing the whistle on your employer (and keeping your job)
Have you witnessed colleagues’ civil rights being violated? Have you seen your employer do things that are counter to federal law? If you decide to report these behaviors to the authorities, you may be referred to as a whistleblower. What is a whistleblower? Generally...