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Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), employees can ask for unpaid leave to address family or medical emergencies without worrying about their job security. These reasons may include a serious health scare, the arrival of a new member in the family or...
It is illegal for an employer to discriminate based on their disability. In many cases, employers need to make reasonable accommodations if they can do so without creating a hardship. There may be simple steps they can take to allow a worker who has suffered a...
Employees in Indiana are protected from discrimination based on national origin. And one of the ways this type of discrimination can happen is through the implementation of the English-only rule. With such a rule, an employer requires employees to speak only English...
It’s not easy to take legal action against an employer – no matter how discriminatory or otherwise illegal their actions have been. Aside from the emotional toll of opening your professional (and personal) life to scrutiny, you may have a real fear of retaliation –...
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PFWA), which took effect last year, requires employers with at least 15 employees to provide “reasonable accommodations” for pregnant employees unless doing so would present an undue hardship to the business. This is much like the...
Suffering discrimination when you work for an employer is one thing. Suffering it when you are still looking for jobs could cause you to miss out on the offer of employment altogether. Most employers have a picture in their heads of their ideal candidate. There is...
You may know that new mothers are often entitled to significant leave after the birth or adoption of a child. Unfortunately, many new fathers do not understand that they have rights as well. If you want time to bond with your new baby, but your job is getting in the...
Anything can make you dread going to work, including annoying behaviors from your colleagues So, which situations are considered to create a hostile work environment? When can you take action? Here is how you can identify circumstances that create a hostile work...
The federal law known as the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows eligible employees to take unpaid employment leave to tend to certain, qualifying, family and medical reasons while maintaining their job protection. One of the key provisions of the FMLA...
With a law that took effect at the beginning of this month, Indiana joined the states that are relaxing their child labor laws in one way or another. The controversial law, which was the subject of strong debate in the state legislature, was signed earlier this year...
