Here’s a little takeaway regarding workplace pay in the United States that is both a bit ironic and perplexing. To wit: Although a PEW Research Center survey stresses that legions of Americans “see equal pay as central to gender equality,” that salutary on-the-job...
Employee Discrimination
It’s been a bad month for Amazon re employment litigation
If there were do-overs enabling business principals to peel back time, the top-tier management team at commercial titan Amazon would undoubtedly avail itself of one. In fact, it might just favor erasing May from the 2021 calendar altogether. Candidly, the first month...
What does the EEOC expressly say about workplace harassment?
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission plays a key and manifestly protective role in the labor sphere. As a proven source on labor law notes, the EEOC “oversees equal employment in the federal workplace.” The term “equal employment” cannot be quickly or simply...
Ironic? Chief equal opportunity overseer lambasted by employees
It’s like expressing dire concerns “with the fox that’s guarding the henhouse.” So says a worker with the Dallas district office of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Readers of this national employment law blog forum are well attuned to the workings...
Opinion piece: Gender-based discrimination egregious, not benign
Toni Van Pelt makes a number of instructive – indeed, compelling – points in a recent article she wrote concerning American women and their on-the-job pay. That shouldn’t be surprising. Van Pelt’s studied reflections come courtesy of her long tenure as a working woman...
Federal sector sexual harassment: harmful but addressable
It’s generally a one-and-done deal when it comes to experiencing sexual harassment in a federal workplace, right? Put another way: As obviously unpleasant as it is to be on the receiving end of such conduct, isn’t mistreatment doled out by a manager or coworker...
Employed-at-home tech workers have some discriminatory tales to tell
Project Include is an organization focused on America’s vast and ever-growing high-tech employment realm. The enterprise is a nonprofit advocacy group, with its mission statement underscoring its efforts “to accelerate diversity and inclusion solutions in the tech...
American business giant targeted for discriminatory practices
Systemic racism. That it is a worker-authored accusation viewed with dread by any American business enterprise. Especially one that stands as a colossus among companies in terms of size and clout. Tech giant Amazon is spotlighted in today’s blog post, and in a flatly...
America’s most experienced employees shouldn’t suffer this workplace wrong
Experience counts. That is an adage with applicability across a broad spectrum of life, including at the workplace. Especially at the workplace. Do you want a freshly minted graduate from flight school at the helm of a jumbo airliner you’re on, or a seasoned veteran...
Federal employment investigations: Do they pass a fairness test?
If you are a worker with a few years of experience in the federal sphere, you’ve likely seen differentiated and even inconsistent treatment doled out to employees who are targeted in internal investigations. Some workers sail through those probes without a hitch. They...
