If you've been the victim of wrongful termination, there's a good chance that the company you worked for tried to cover it up in some way. It's very common for them to try to excuse or hide these wrongful firings. It can be helpful to understand how companies try to...
Everyone plays a role in helping enforce the law, especially behind the closed doors of a company's facilities. If you notice the company that you work for or specific employees doing something against the law, you have the right to speak up to report that misconduct....
Unwelcome sexual advances can make your job unbearable. It can be even more distressing if they are coming from your superior, someone with the power to affect the direction of your career. Sexual harassment is prohibited by both federal and state laws, although it...
When you are hired, you will normally have an at-will employment contract. What this contract generally states is that the employer is allowed to terminate your role at any time. The employer doesn’t have to tell you why they’re firing you, give you any advanced...
When you have a child on the way, you need career and financial stability more than ever. After all, you will soon be financially responsible for a completely dependent young person. Unfortunately, pregnancy can be a hard time to develop your career. Despite federal...
Here is a scenario that is not uncommon. A person works in accounting and notices a disturbing trend in the paperwork submitted by the company's top salesperson. She then did the right thing, which was to report the issue to the proper authorities. Unfortunately,...
You may have recently found information that showed your employer was skimming off the top of their employees’ pay. You may have witnessed systematic racism at your workplace and been told not to talk about it. Your employer may be blatantly breaking the law in some...
You never sensed any discrimination from your boss when you got your job. They treated you just the same way they treated all the other employees, and you felt like a valued part of the team. However, that person has now left their position and the owner of the...
As a highly-skilled or educated employee, you cannot just find a replacement job when your current position ends. It may require months of searching for you to find even one position that matches your skills and even longer for you to get a job that offers comparable...
Whistleblowing is not just something a train conductor does when a train is approaching the station. Whistleblowing is the act of reporting wrongful activity in the workplace to higher authorities. This may mean reporting fraud, criminal activities, health and safety...
