In another shakeup for Uber Technologies, Inc., the company’s chief people officer resigned following an investigation into whether she handled discrimination complaints properly. An anonymous group of whistleblowers has accused the executive of systematically...
The New York Times recently published an expose about how common pregnancy discrimination continues to be in the U.S. After reviewing thousands of pages of public records and court documents and interviewing dozens of women, their lawyers, and public officials, the...
There are two basic types of illegal discrimination: intentional bias and “disparate impact” discrimination. The second type of discrimination can be intentional, but it need not be. It is a type of discrimination where unnecessary employment barriers are put in the...
In a case in Indiana, a hospital recently paid $15,000 to settle a lawsuit regarding the hospital’s failure to provide a disabled employee with a reasonable accommodation. Specifically, the hospital did not permit the employee to transfer to a vacant position for...
Michael T. thought his career was in good hands with Allstate. It was not. The 55-year-old Californian had worked for Allstate for 30 years, ever since he graduated from college. He had worked his way up to the position of field sales leader and advised 30 independent...
“There is still a strong bias against mothers in the workplace, and we encourage women who feel discriminated against due to pregnancy to come forward and let the EEOC help defend your rights,” says the director of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s San...
Here in California, employers are prohibited from asking job applicants about their salary histories. With women making about 82 cents for every dollar a male peer makes, we need a way to close the pay gap. When wages and salaries are based on past pay rates, any...
Twila White was recently featured in an article for Layer Monthly. Twila discusses workplace harassment and what employees should be doing to avoid these situations.
Fifty years after the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., how has America changed? King pressured Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits workplace discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion or gender....
Gender-related harassment issues continue to dominate the headlines and our social-media feeds. But what does it mean? Are the stories of sexual harassment, such as the ongoing situation at Michigan State University, isolated incidents or do they reveal something more...