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Discrimination can occur in any workplace. When it happens to a colleague, you may be asked to support their claim. If you have seen evidence of workplace harassment, unfair demotion or dismissal due to discrimination based on a worker’s sex, race, religion, sexual orientation or other characteristics, you may want …

Being fired from a job is always painful, but suspecting you were unfairly treated and affected by wrongful work termination can be even more devastating. Wrongful termination laws are meant to protect workers from this situation, but unfortunately, discriminatory firing still occurs.

Wrongful termination refers to termination that violates an …

How Does Maternity Leave Work?

In the workplace, you can’t be discriminated against because you’re pregnant or have recently had a baby. You also can’t be terminated or discriminated against because you may have a baby at some point in the future. These are all examples of sex discrimination — …

Overtime laws were first established at the federal level on the heels of the Great Depression. The previous abuse of workers by employers included long work days with no time off, low wages and the constant fear of being fired. Some say a bad job is better than no job …

If you are an employee in the state of Pennsylvania, you’ll want to become familiar with PA work laws. There are procedures for exposing employers who do not follow these laws, but you’ll first need to recognize a violation.

PA Employment Laws

Wages and hours is one area where the …