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Employees and employers are always trying to find ways to improve their relationships and make working together easier and less stressful. Employers want to ensure that their employees are trustworthy and will provide excellent results, while employees want good employers they can trust to treat them fairly. While many jobs do not include a contract, […]
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When you accept a job with a company, you assume that your employer will treat you fairly. While you may be a good employee, there could come a time when your employer fires you. If that happens, you might feel that the termination was not done properly in accordance with the law.
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As a loyal employee, you expect that your employer will treat you fairly. Suddenly, your boss terminates your employment and you are left without a job. You may be left wondering what happened and why you were fired and wondering if there is anything you can do about the situation. Wrongful termination can happen when […]
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The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is an important piece of legislation that protects employees from losing their jobs for taking time off from work. FMLA covers a lot of different reasons for time off from work and ensures that the employee will still have a job when he or she returns once the […]
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Yes, you can get reasonable accommodations in your workplace for your mental health needs. This right is guaranteed by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). It is illegal for an employer to discriminate against you for having a mental health condition, and denying you reasonable accommodations in the workplace is a form of […]
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We live in a rapidly changing world, and our laws need to change just as rapidly to accommodate our changing needs. In 2008, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) was passed, adding genetic information to the list of protected classes included in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. We live in a […]
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Banter between colleagues can be fun. It keeps the office feeling lively and helps build and solidify relationships between coworkers. Sometimes, banter involves joking about participants’ looks, personalities, speech patterns, and hobbies. It can become racy and sometimes, inappropriate. Harassment is the act of subjecting an individual to repeated foul or abusive language or unwanted […]
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In a workplace setting, employees are expected to follow their supervisors’ orders. They are also expected to treat each other with respect, especially supervisors and others who are in positions of authority. Refusing to follow an order, mocking a supervisor, and other actions that undermine a supervisor’s authority are all acts of insubordination. Issues surrounding […]
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) maintains a set of factors that differentiate an employee from an independent contractor. This is an important distinction for a few reasons. One reason is that employees have certain rights that independent contractors do not have, like the right to earn overtime pay and the right to take unpaid leave […]
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A workplace where harassment is a common, accepted part of the culture is known as a hostile work environment. In a hostile work environment, employees can feel demoralized and unable to produce their best work, which hurts the company. Environments like this can also have high turnover rates because of the abuse employees face. State […]
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