Harassment in the workplace can be an extremely stressful and traumatic experience. While incidents of workplace harassment don't often make it to the news, they are a common occurrence. Women and men routinely endure harassment and discrimination based on gender, race, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation.Harassment refers to any type of unwanted behavior – verbal or...

Misclassification of employees in California often occurs not as the result of some mistake or misunderstanding, but rather, by design. Employers engage in this illicit practice because they attempt to dodge paying employees critical benefits and offering them the protections they are entitled to under the law such as minimum wage, overtime pay, family and...

Living with an illness and/or a disability can be a significant challenge. It can be even more challenging to work when you are disabled. This is especially true if you are attempting to work a conventional job when you are disabled. Depending on your specific situation, commuting to work, certain job tasks such as lifting...

A former FedEx employee's “disparate impact” claim can advance to trial under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. The plaintiff, Cassandra Adduci, began working at the Memphis hub for FedEx on January 6th, 2014. She was promoted to the position of Material Handler on August 17th, 2014. Per company policy, her duties included loading and unloading aircraft,...

A disability discrimination case has been settled by the EEOC on behalf of Cynthia Dunson, who worked for KFC franchise Hester Foods, Inc. The franchise has been ordered to pay Dunson $30,000, as well as implement training and practices which will prevent future discrimination from occurring in their workplaces. Dunson was originally hired in March 2015 as...