Employment Discrimination

Gender Roles in the Workplace
Gender roles can be distinguished in every part of life including the workplace. The following article tells you about the gender roles in the workplace and the difference between the responsibilities.

Gender Discrimination at Workplace
Gender discrimination at workplace is a serious type of employment discrimination. Read on to find out more about this topic...

Women and the Glass Ceiling
Glass ceiling is the mindset of the traditional patriarchal society habituated to discriminate women from basic rights. The term is particularly used for women at workplace who are denied pay equal for the same work as the opposite gender.

Hostile Work Environment and Employment Discrimination
A hostile work environment is a form of employee discrimination and is a legal term that is used to describe the situation in a workplace where an employee is unable to perform at work due to a variety of reasons, namely hostile behavior displayed by colleagues and management.

Types of Employment Discrimination
In the United States, employment discrimination takes place when an employer or any of his representatives singles out any of the employees or a group of them on the basis of their race, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion and many more reasons.

White Man Sues His Black Boss for Discrimination, Wins $150,000
In an unusual racial discrimination case, a white man sued his former boss, who is black, over racial discrimination, says he was called "cracker" and "stupid white boy."

How to Handle Discrimination Tactfully During the Interview Process?
It is not easy to prove that you have been discriminated against during the interview process, but there are things you can do to address the situation and uphold your rights.

Age Discrimination: What to Do?
Employment discrimination based on age is a reality in the workplace. Hence, workers and employees with the age of 40 and above are protected against discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The law says that an employer may not fire, refuse to hire, and treat you differently than other employees because of your age.

Wrongful Termination in an At Will Employment Scheme
In most states in the U.S., terminating an employee without any clear and formal basis is illegal. Companies, organizations and even government agencies that will be found guilty of such actions may be held liable in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by the discharged employee.

It is Appalling That It May Take 80 Years to Achieve Equal Pay
Madeleine Bunting: There is no point waiting for tribunals to narrow the gap. The state must force change through the statute book.

South African Firms Deny Discrimination
The South African government has accused nearly 1,300 companies of failing to submit reports on the racial composition of their workforces, as required by law. But six major companies among them in turn accused the government of blundering.

Equal Rights Watchdog Sues Fox News for Harassing Women
Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel is being sued by the US equal employment opportunity commission for harassing and discriminating against its female staff, it was reported yesterday.

French Staff Sue Us Multinational for Making Them Use English
French employees will accuse a US multinational in court today of discrimination, claiming that they are being forced to speak English.

Sexism Case Heads to Court
Executives at Morgan Stanley are facing an uncomfortable summer as the US government's equal opportunities watchdog takes the investment bank to court alleging it discriminated against female employees. The equal employment opportunity commission is backing former bond trader Allison...

Wal-Mart may face army of 1.5m in class suit
The largest private employer in the US has been accused of discriminating against women in what may become the biggest class action case in legal history. Up to one-and-a-half million women could join the action against the Wal-Mart chain in a suit being heard in San Francisco this week.