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Hostile College Campuses: What Does the Law Do to Protect Students in 2023? Recently, college students from Cornell and Yale have spoken out about hostile environments on college campuses? Federal Civil Rights Laws Title VI of the Civil Rights Act deals with cases of national-origin or religious discrimination.  In one case, the Equal Employment Opportunity […]

Transgender Discrimination in 2023 Under the Updated Rules, at Work and on Campus The Problem of Transgender Discrimination According to GLAAD, a large national poll of transgender people found that the trans community is disproportionately faced with unemployment, poverty, and discrimination. In a 2015 research report, more than one in eight transgender men alleged that

Wage Violations: New Developments for Health Care Workers and Gig Workers like Uber and Lyft Drivers in 2023 Wages are falling behind the rising cost of everything.  Rents doubling, gas doubling, food up 50%, health care up 50%, tuition up 50% in private schools; costs are up everywhere. Health care workers and gig economy workers

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: What Do the New 2023 Rules Say? The Biden administration has announced new rules to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.  Two important examples are rules governing health care and education jobs. New Health Care Rules The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has a role to play in

Racial Discrimination in the Workplace: What Are Some Examples in 2023? Federal and state law restricts employment discrimination and attempts to bring it to an end.  Depending on which law is being applied, this can include discrimination against an employee based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, citizenship or immigration status, sexual orientation, gender

Employment Discrimination Based on Race or Background in Health Care: 2023 Update Imagine a nurse going to work for the first time at a hospital in your community.  After thousands of hours of education and clinical rotations with real patients in training, it is time to join the healing professions and fight illness on the

Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace: What Are “Light Duty†Rights in 2023? Some employers offer light duty roles to employees who have been injured, are undergoing treatment for a disease, or suffer from post-traumatic stress or other mental conditions. Pregnant women may be able to request light duty assignments.  The Pregnancy Discrimination Act at the

Sexual harassment in the workplace: How career sabotage can be evidence in 2023 Retaliation in the workplace can be an awful experience whatever the reason is, but especially when it is retaliation for rejecting an offer to trade sexual relations for advancement at work, or when it comes for complaining about improper sexual comments or

Wage and Hour Violations: What’s the Impact of Rising Minimum and Overtime Wage Rates Due to Changes in the Law in 2023? Wage and hour violations occur when an employer does not pay, account properly for, or agree to pay the full pay that it owes.  This may be a failure to pay overtime for

Age Discrimination in the Workplace: The Glass Ceiling and the Over 50 Worker Workers who gain experience and knowledge that helps them do their job better every year deserve to be recognized.  Unfortunately, some dedicated and experienced workers in fifties, sixties, and seventies would like to move up in their company or agency, but hit