With the #MeToo movement, there has been heightened awareness and actions taken against incidents of sexual harassment and sexual discrimination across many business sectors. There have been long been civil rights laws in place with the intent of protecting workers...
What to Expect When Your Employee Is Expecting: How To Navigate Maternity Leave and Avoid Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace
Workplace discrimination is a serious allegation. As an employer, knowing what not to say in certain situations can save you a lot of problems. This is particularly important when dealing with an employee who is expecting. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act ("PDA"),...
What Emerging Multiracial Plaintiff Cases Suggest About Employment Discrimination Law
Beginning in 2000, the United States Census Bureau began allowing respondents to choose more than one racial category. Following that census, 2.4 percent of the U.S. population identified themselves as multiracial. In the 2010 census, that number increased to 2.9...
Lawmakers Turn Down The Florida Competitive Workforce Act
Spurred by the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando that took the lives of 49 people last year, LGBTQ activists have revived efforts to pass a civil rights workforce protection act for gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual workers. Despite co-sponsorships and...
Requiring Employees to Provide Proof of Eligibility to Work in the U.S. May Result in a Liability
Employers in Florida have three days from the date of hire to verify a new employee's eligibility to legally work in the United States. This verification process falls under rules and guidelines that are provided by the United States immigration and citizenship laws...
How To Prevent Criminal Record Employment Discrimination
As an employer, you know that the process of screening and hiring new applicants comes with a significant level of responsibility. You want to make the best possible decisions, ensuring that new hires will be able to safely and reliably perform the duties of the job...
SCOTUS reverses decision to review transgender bathroom case
In today's world, the everyday business person must negotiate a variety of social issues in a manner that does not negatively impact on the operation of their business or their sales, either through the boycotting of their business or actual demonstrations on their...
Workplace Safety On The Road: Tractor-Trailer Employers’ Challenges and Solutions
Dangerous jobs come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and some that you may not expect. The jobs that are commonly considered hazardous, like firefighting, police work and power line work, present some obvious challenges that could put workers in direct danger....
Workplace Diversity
One of the defining characteristics of America has always been its diverse people. This melting pot of cultures, genders and ideals, with equal rights, has helped to create the global competitive edge that we have today. As we have developed as a country, certain...
What employers should know about the Equal Pay Act – II
In a previous post, we began discussing how employers must always be mindful of minimizing their legal exposure given that litigation -- particularly when brought by employees -- can be costly, disruptive and altogether harmful to morale. In recognition of this...
