Regardless of the circumstances, losing your job is never a good thing. However, the landscape of business operations has been shaken by the COVID-19 pandemic.  With businesses shutting down or rapidly downsizing to better brace for losses, the number of unemployed workers continues to rise. To date, 22 million Americans had lost their jobs, with […]

It’s an employer’s responsibility to promote a workplace where employees feel safe and protected as they try to make a living. However, some situations are out of management’s control.  For instance, you might have coworkers that exhibit sexually inappropriate behavior even through seemingly “harmless” jokes when management isn’t looking. Another example would be when a […]

The presence of racial discrimination is, unfortunately, still felt today in everyday life, even in the workplace. While you may be able to recognize more apparent cases of discrimination, there are many subtle instances where it can fly past your radar, leaving you confused about what to feel or do next. In an ideal world, […]

In California and New York, if you are a victim of domestic violence and stalking, then your employer cannot discriminate against you. You are afforded certain rights so that you can both take care of your situation and be protected from the perpetrator. Here is more information about your rights as a domestic violence victim […]

In a world with fewer and fewer taboo subjects, money is still usually considered a forbidden topic of conversation. This often means that co-workers who share much of their professional lives in common do not dare to discuss how much they are compensated for their work. In fact, employers often encourage this by telling people […]

Working can be rewarding when you love what you do and work with people you like. However, a hostile workplace can turn the best job into a nightmare. While some signs of a hostile workplace are obvious, some are more subtle. If you want to protect yourself at work, check out these four signs of […]

Many employees take a job without a written guarantee of continued employment or particular work arrangements. The reason for this is a combination of two factors. First, most employment is known as at-will employment, which can generally be ended at any time. Second, many of the agreements about that employment are done orally and in […]