If you have a disability, you could encounter various challenges in daily life, especially when it comes to the workplace. Unfortunately, some disabled job applicants and employees experience various violations of their rights (such as sexual harassment and...
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Workplace Discrimination
Ex-employee alleges racial discrimination at Michigan school
With the movement to combat racial injustice gaining steam across America, we can only hope that it one day gains more traction among employers in hopes of eliminating workplace racial discrimination. Racial discrimination continues to exist in our culture whether in...
What does pregnancy discrimination look like?
Bringing a new child into your family is an exciting event, but workplace discrimination can take this joyous occasion and turn it into a challenge. Thousands of workers experience pregnancy discrimination every year, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Workers with disabilities face workplace discrimination, too
Prior to the Americans with Disabilities Act, having a disability was challenging in the United States, including in Michigan. After all, public buildings were not accessible to those with disabilities, for example. Even though this has since been addressed, several...
Compensation-related workplace discrimination
Finding a job that one really likes can be a bit of a challenge. When one does and he or she puts everything into it, it can be difficult to learn that one's efforts are not being fairly compensated. Unfortunately, compensation-related workplace discrimination is a...
Michigan workplace discrimination: Religion
Religious freedom is a right granted to all who reside in America. While people are able to worship how they may, it does not stop others from discriminating against them. Unfortunately, in Michigan and elsewhere religious discrimination can follow people into their...
Workplace discrimination due to one’s nationality is not okay
America is often referred to as the great melting pot. People come to this country from all over the world in search of better lives for themselves and their families. Unfortunately, in searching for employment or even after work is obtained, some individuals who have...
Frontier airlines hit with a workplace discrimination lawsuit
Being a working mother is a difficult thing. However, taking on the hats of mother and provider is something that many Michigan residents do every single day. Unfortunately, there are those who will face workplace discrimination for trying to take care of their...
Cancer patients often the victims of workplace discrimination
Being diagnosed with cancer, in any of its awful forms, can be devastating. There are no guarantees that treatment will work, and the physical toll that the treatments and illness have on one's body can be debilitating. Despite the effects cancer can have on a...
Workplace discrimination is, sadly, a common thing
Discrimination in any of its form is unacceptable. Unfortunately, numerous Michigan residents are exposed to various types of discrimination in their places of employment on a frequent basis. Just because workplace discrimination seems to be a common or even normal...