What is sexual harassment in the workplace?Sexual harassment in the workplace is almost always about power - one person is trying to dominate or control another person and is using harassing conduct as a way to marginalize someone else. It is treating someone else as...
In today's economy, the "workplace" includes not only co-workers but also a wide range of independent contractors, consultants, and other individuals who are not fellow employees but who work for themselves or for another company. If an employee alleges that he or she...
Today, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous 8-0 opinion by Justice Gorsuch (Justice Kavanaugh was not on the ruling as it was argued before he joined), holding that the employee, a truck driver, fell into an exception to the Federal Arbitration Act (it does not cover...
The Supreme Court granted cert on January 11 in a Title VII employment discrimination case. The Fifth Circuit held that an employee's failure to exhaust Title VII was a defense subject to waiver (thus ruling against the employer), and the Supreme Court will now...
People may be subjected to a number of examples of unfair treatment on the basis of their faith. Unfortunately, this is a reality that many people have had to accept. However, this mistreatment is unacceptable in a workplace environment when it violates the rights of...
