This question is extremely common. And the truth is that a couple of different situations govern how much FMLA leave a married couple might receive from their shared employer. But first of all, it must be assumed that the employer and employees are eligible for FMLA leave. FMLA Eligibility Requirements… read more →
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) along with the Department of Labor (DOL) regulate the rules regarding employees. When it comes to how many hours an exempt employee can work for a company, there seems to be little guiding principles. But let’s start with the requirements for exempt workers. Exempt… read more →
What Constitutes As Discrimination In The Workplace? Despite the knowledge that society has gained about recognizing discrimination in the workplace, employees are still unsure of whether or not they’ve experienced indirect discrimination or not. Before an employee can know what constitutes discrimination, employees need to know what their employee rights… read more →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Employee Files Lawsuit Against New Penn Motor Express For Disability Discrimination Adalberto joined New Penn Motor Express as an account executive in 2010. Although he suffers from anxiety and depression, he is still able to perform his job duties. But, when Adalberto’s family went through a traumatic… read more →
The most proven way to prepare for any legal proceeding including an EEOC mediation session is to hire a lawyer. While an unrepresented employee might be able to go far in the process, crucial legal meetings such as a mediation can result in a settlement that might be far too… read more →
Uncovering Employment Discrimination in Geology Geologists study the history of the earth, and while it’s okay for them to discriminate between rocks and time periods, geologists should not face employment discrimination based on their legally protected class status. When a workplace is free of discrimination, workers are better able to… read more →
Planning All The Projects: Project Management Discrimination From technology to fashion, project managers run the world and still experience employment discrimination. A happy project manager is a happy project. But when discrimination, hostile work environment, or sexual harassment comes onto the scene, things undoubtedly become more complicated. If you are… read more →
What Is Workers’ Compensation And How Does It Work? Workers’ compensation, the safety net of employees, is a program that cares for certain workers for specific work-related injuries. However, the system can be confusing and overwhelming due to the process of validating the eligibility of an injury for workers’ compensation.… read more →
Whether you hit someone out of self-defense or received a hit from a fellow employee, assault is a nightmare to deal with for employers and employees alike. In some cases, a boss might threaten physical harm if a deadline isn’t met. Workplace assault continues to be a problem. What is… read more →
Recognizing obvious discrimination has never been so easy with the excessive amount of information on the many faces of discrimination; however, subtle discrimination continues to make the workplace hellish for certain people. Sometimes individuals are unaware that they are implementing subtle discrimination against other coworkers for their race, gender, disability, age,… read more →