Racial Discrimination In The Workplace
By Joseph Devine -
Racial Discrimination is any action or attitude, conscious or unconscious, which subordinates an individual based on race. According to the United States Civil Rights Commission, it can occur on an individual or institutional level. Unfortunately, in 2007, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received 30,510 charges of discrimination based on race. Of those [...]
Pregnancy Discrimination in the United States
By Pauline Go -
How many women believe that they are being treated fairly when it comes to employment? There may not be too many women in this world who can raise their hands to this question. But the fact remains that women are capable of doing the same job as a man. And the same [...]
How Common is Job Discrimination?
By Joseph Devine -
Discrimination in the workplace became illegal when President Lyndon B Johnson signed the Equal Employment Opportunity Order in September 1965. This order prohibited federal contractors from discriminated against job applicants or employees based on sex, race, color, religion or nation of origin. In 1967, the Age Discrimination in Employment act added an [...]
Discrimination at Work – 5 Issues To Be Kept In Mind
By Abhishek Agarwal -
There used to be a time when the employers hired and fired workers at their own free will. That practice was abolished with the establishment of laws that supported the workers, and the opportunities grew when Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was coined. The employers are saving their companies by not following practices [...]
Disability Discrimination Act
By Chris Eden -
A little while ago I was called by a man who claimed that he was having difficulty accessing my website and on further investigation it turned out that he was visually impaired. Apparently, and I must admit I was totally unaware of this requirement, all web-sites which offer goods or services to [...]
Does Age Discrimination Exist?
By Jan Cullinane -
Is There Ageism in the Workforce?
Does age discrimination exist? Not legally. The federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), passed in 1967, states, “It shall be unlawful for an employer to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual or otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, [...]
Discrimination, The ECOA, and Your Foreclosure
By Nick Adama -
Lenders who make mortgage loans on a discriminatory basis may incur liability under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, which punishes discrimination in credit. The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) prohibits a variety of discriminatory lending on the basis of several factors. These include race, color, religion, national origin, sex, and marital status. [...]
Pregnancy Rights For Working Women
By Joseph Devine -
In most areas of society, women occupy the same social standings as men, and are provided with equal rights. Unfortunately, 100% equality has not yet been reached. One of the areas in which this is most visible is in the area of employment and employment law.
Women are frequently discriminated against in the [...]
What Does a Discrimination Lawyer Do?
By Pauline Go -
Although we feel that discrimination is not such a big issue in the United States, you will be surprised to learn that there are many cases of discrimination. Thankfully, in order to protect people from getting discriminated, the United States has many discrimination laws in place. However, at times it is these [...]
