Everyone knows what the pay gap is, right? The gender pay gap is the average difference between the salaries that men and women make in their jobs. However, pay gap is a little more complicated than just the average differences between the salaries that both genders make. Unadjusted v. Adjusted… read more →
Pharmacist Discrimination: Common Lawsuits in the Pharmacy Profession The profession of pharmacy fills open positions with more diverse applicants than any other industry. As a fast-growing industry with a six-figure salary for most, the gender pay gap is considered one of the smallest. Since 2011, women hold more than 50%… read more →
Redesigning the Culture of Architecture: Female Architects Take On Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination Graduating architecture classes have an equal split of men and women, but that’s where the equality ends. As women architects ascend through the ranks of architecture training, more and more slam into the glass ceiling. Many… read more →
Employee Rights of Racial Minority Construction Workers Are the Same As Every Other Construction Worker in the USA Racial minority construction workers account for a small number within the overarching construction industry. This means that construction workers of different races are particularly vulnerable to employment discrimination in hiring practices and… read more →
Dentist Race Discrimination: Closing The Gap Underrepresented minorities within dentistry rise from a history of adversity. Despite over a hundred years passing since the first black man entered Harvard Medical School to become a dentist, very few minority dentists exist in the overall population of dentists. This lack of minorities… read more →
Saying that unconscious bias is illegal would be like criminalizing breathing, being human means that each of us navigates life with unconscious bias. However, just like breathing exercises exist to improve efficiency, training also exist for addressing unconscious bias in the workplace and life. Unconscious bias, although not illegal on… read more →
How Does HICPA Protect Home Improvement Clients? Stories of others dealing with fraud, usually when someone steals credit card information, can be scary. But imagine trusting your home to a contractor, only to have them breach the contract and not finish the work that they were hired to complete. That’s… read more →
Cleaning Out the Cavities of Dentistry: Female Dentist Gender Discrimination Female dentist gender discrimination is alive and well in the dental profession. While female dentists exercise positive perspective of the industry as a whole, male dentists have much steeper expectations of women in the profession. In fact, some men believe… read more →
Employees called to serve jury duty are protected from employment termination. If an individual fails to show for jury duty, he or she will be found in contempt of court and be subject to fines and jail time. If your employer fires you for serving jury duty, you may have… read more →
A labor union is a group of employees who band together to negotiate better pay, working conditions, working hours and to solve complaints against employers. The Structure of Labor Unions For the most part, labor unions belong underneath either the AFL-CIO, established in 1955, or the Change to Win Federation,… read more →