Readers who justifiably applaud workplace equity and undifferentiated fairness for all employees across every measuring yardstick will logically revel in the following piece of news concerning female workers. That is this: Women employees working at the top echelon of...
Employee Discrimination
Job demotion: Valid company action or … something else?
Are you an individual employed in a federal agency or department where the unbiased treatment of all employees is manifestly on display every day? Are you convinced that your employer fully appreciates the productive efforts you routinely put forth and accords you...
Troubling survey results on discrimination for FEMA
There are any number of key reference points that can be spotlighted in a recently released study of discrimination at a prominent federal agency. In sifting through them, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Peter Gaynor opted to forgo any particularized...
Year-end controversy: new DOL rule on workplace discrimination
Proponents of a final rule addressing federal workplace discrimination that was recently issued by the U.S. Department of Labor view it as overdue legislation safeguarding the rights of so-called “religion-exercising organizations.” Opponents – and there are many,...
Proposals to shore up the ADEA and promote employment for older workers
A noted economics professor and author pays quick homage to the seminal Civil Rights Act of 1964 in a recent article discussing one pointed tangent of employment discrimination. David Neumark notes in a piece penned under the sponsorship of the nonprofit Brookings...
Statistics re disabled workers call out for greater workplace inclusion
Here’s a statistic relevant to American youth that might surprise some readers: According to the U.S. Social Security Administration and as reported in a recent national article, about 25% of individuals aged 20 today “will have a temporary or permanent brush with...
A much-feared workplace reality: company retaliation
“Astonishingly common.” Reportedly, and as duly noted by a commentator in a recent Harvard Business article, that terse assessment about sums it up concerning company retaliation against workers who spotlight discriminatory on-the-job behaviors. The Harvard piece...
Workplace discrimination affects far more than just targeted employees
Some people unquestionably go about life with attitudes marked by a lack of empathy for others. Their mindset suggests that they either don’t see or simply don’t care much about challenges and inequities that third parties face. Such indifference and its coupled...
Sexual harassment a persistent scourge in the federal realm
Is the federal work sphere an inviting environment for those seeking to forge careers in government positions? That depends. Answers will certainly vary. And relevant statistical data indicate that such variance will materially depend upon gender. Consider this:...
Federal lawsuit claims discrimination hindering religious freedom
The seminal Title VII provision of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 is landmark legislation safeguarding American workers against workplace discrimination. The statutory enactment created a number of protected classifications, enumerating and later expanding upon...