A recent study done by the University of Missouri on how employees interpret sexual harassment policies sheds some light on why the policies are often not effective.The researchers found that a company's policies can reshape or eliminate the actual meaning of the...
It's a nightmarish scenario that plays out in offices, factories, warehouses and other worksites across the state of New York with unfortunate frequency: employees being randomly summoned into a conference room or a supervisor's office only to be told that they are...
The ridesharing giant Uber has seen its fair share of legal difficulties over the last few years, embroiled in lawsuits involving everything from allegations of improper employee classifications to inferior background checks. Indeed, the company has also been under...
While most people start their workday thinking about what they need to get done, the meetings they must attend and the people with whom they must speak, there are others who start their workday thinking about nothing more than whether they will be left alone for the...
Last July, 23 million Americans were glued to their televisions to watch the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup final between the U.S. and Japan. The game, which saw the women's national soccer team emerge victorious by a final tally of 5-2, was the most watched soccer event...
It may come as a surprise for most people to learn that the U.S. actually ranks as the only first-world country without any sort of mandatory paid family leave for parents. Indeed, the closet thing our nation has to a paid family leave mandate is the Family Medical...
In today's post we continue our discussion about different types of wrongful termination. In our last post we covered wrongful termination based on discrimination, which is probably the scenario that most people think of when they hear about this topic.In reality...
Although our readers have likely read about wrongful termination lawsuits and understand the general idea behind such a claim, many individuals may feel like filing a wrongful termination claim is a futile effort. There is a lot of talk about how difficult this is to...
