Your employer might be making your life at work pretty rough in retaliation for engaging in protected activity like whistleblowing or filing for employee benefits. They might alter your work conditions, such as your work locations or shifts, slash your wages and...
Month: July 2022
Is it discrimination if former employers lie in a job reference?
Whether a former employer's untruths during a reference about you are discriminatory depends on the details of your situation. However, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) stresses that lying in a job reference is illegal in certain circumstances. It...
What does it mean to be fired for cause?
At-will employees can be fired for any reason. The company doesn't even really need to have a reason at all. As long as they're not doing something illegal, like firing minority workers because of the minority group they belong to, they can terminate employees at any...
Is ageism the reason your boss passed you over for a promotion?
The longer you have worked for a company, the more experience and industry connections you bring to the table. You can handle the same tasks as younger workers and will likely be more efficient at them. Whether you work in engineering or in the sales department, you...