Workplace discrimination can have a significant impact on employees, more so on candidates who are still undergoing the recruitment process. The law protects applicants from discriminatory hiring practices. However, these incidents can be subtle, initially appearing...
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What does ‘disparate impact; mean in employment law?
When most people talk about illegal discrimination in the workplace, they talk about intentional conduct. Examples might include an employers who refuses to hire women, or a manager who uses racist epithets to berate their employees, But discrimination in the...
Tips for building your race-based workplace discrimination case
Workplace discrimination can have a profound impact on your life. It can make you feel unsafe at your job, and it can lead to unjustified negative employment actions being taken against you. The results can be wide-reaching, leaving you facing financial hardship, a...
Are employers liable for customers who harass an employee?
Discrimination and harassment in the workplace are sad realities. Worse still, anyone can be a perpetrator, not just their colleagues. Customers can also display unwelcome behavior and contribute to a hostile work environment. If employers do not fix the situation,...
What does racial discrimination look like at work?
Joining the workforce presents many challenges, some of which exist to help workers advance in their chosen careers. However, some obstacles might be unnecessary but impede workers from doing their jobs. Fortunately, the law protects against these hurdles, such as...
Why should I be worried about indirect discrimination?
You might think that discrimination in the workplace is easy enough to spot. If a co-worker outwardly displays contempt against another for their beliefs, culture, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or even age, it can only mean discrimination. But...
Harassment in the remote workplace
Remote work has expanded the workplace beyond the employer’s traditional physical location. Problems that afflict the traditional office or workspace, however, still affect remote work but in novel ways. New risks A more relaxed, less-supervised and distant remote...
Twitter accused of workplace discrimination
Despite the enormous power employers have over employees, employers are bound by federal and state laws to not discriminate against any employee based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy. With all hiring...
What are signs of discrimination at work?
People’s work performance and skills should be the factors that are used to determine whether they receive raises, promotions, demotions, are terminated and how other employment decisions are made in New Jersey. Unfortunately, this is not always how decisions are...
Pregnancy discrimination and New Jersey’s new protocols
If you are working while pregnant, you should keep in mind that you have civil rights based on your pregnancy status. Federal law protects pregnant people and endows them the right to a work environment free of harassment and discrimination. Pregnancy discrimination...