Sue Your Restaurant for Unpaid Wages Patrons and restaurant owners alike believe that the wait staff make the biggest money in the restaurant business. Some employers try to find ways to get a cut of those tips while patrons don’t always recognize the extent of their service and so under-tip.… read more →
Straight Science: LGBT Discrimination in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) carries the perception of being cold, hard numbers with sterile correctness. Straight science is only about what can be found with numbers and requires a neutral observer so that data is not tainted by… read more →
Go Back To Where You Came From: The Plight of Minority Nurses Discrimination is illegal; unless of course, a patient requests a different nurse in a healthcare setting because of racial preferences. This practice has existed for years, and it is healthcare’s “open secret.” Minority nurses also deal with lower… read more →
We celebrate Women’s Equality Day with a nod to the past but with eyes focused on the future. In 1920, American women won the right to vote when two-thirds of the states ratified the 19th amendment. Now, Women’s Equality Day also represents the work that still needs to be… read more →
STEM Age Discrimination: How Age Benefits Employees and Employers The obsession with youth doesn’t stop in Hollywood but actually expands to the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) job market as well. More mature employees are left with few options: either try to blend into a younger demographic or plan… read more →
Female Engineer Discrimination: How Gender Bias Hinders Innovative Thinking in the STEM Field In the world of females in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), acts of micro aggression pile up, resulting in gender discrimination. Studies projected that women in STEM would increase, but instead, the percentage of women in… read more →
Male Nurse Discrimination: The Slippery Fight against Preconceived Notions Although nursing began as a male occupation, nursing now carries the stereotype of being work for women. Due to this perception, nurses who are men face sex discrimination. Employment discrimination comes in many forms, but for male nurses the most common… read more →
Sure, it might seem ridiculous that you could be fired for being a Cleveland Browns fan or for not supporting the Nazis, but in a state like Pennsylvania where employees work “at will,” you can be fired for your political opinions, speeches, and activities. Yes, it’s that simple. An employer… read more →
On a federal level, vacation time and paid time off (PTO) are not mandatory. While laws such as the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) regulate minimum wage and work leaves, no federal law provides for guidelines for paid vacation. Therefore, employers can… read more →
The United States Constitution allows certain rights to all Americans, specifically the right of free speech. However, freedom of speech shouldn’t damage the lives of others by spreading lies that ruin a business or split a family. Defamation splits into a few sub-categories, but certain qualities denote whether or not… read more →