Are job evaluation questions, answers used against you? Part 1
Job evaluations can make or break employment for anyone working for a living or providing for a family. The American workplace is becoming more complex. That means trouble for every career seeker and employee that ignores educating themselves to these changes.
In this and coming articles we are going on a journey across the sea of job evaluation questions and answers employers use to assess, control, intimidate or eliminate employees. We are also going to share job evaluation Q&A’s that should be used by employees to improve, educate themselves and keep management honest.
The following are some questions the employee could and should ask.
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15 Ways To Save Your Job!
In past articles, I’ve written how important it is for job seekers and employees to learn HOW TO DOCUMENT their work experience! Recently I’ve answered many employee questions on problems they have had as a result of not taking this seriously until it’s too late. Therefore, I’ve decided to provide more details on how to document at work.
Many employees don’t think they should document anything because everything seems to be going good. However, that can change in a heartbeat as many are finding out. A new manager comes in, there’s a change in some company policy, you get a notice of potential layoff, told you have to accept a demotion, pay cut or fired.
Now what? You’ve been with this company three years and all of a sudden boom! The company intends to lay you off but keep an employee half your age and half your seniority. Your boss tells you the younger employee has a degree and you don’t. You say to yourself, “Maybe it’s just a coincidence and not age discrimination”. One of my favorite detectives Charlie Chan puts it this way, “Coincidence like ancient egg…leave unpleasant odor!”
Since you’ve not learned to document, how can you show evidence of age or other discrimination?
That’s what this article is going to fix, hopefully before it’s too late. So let’s look at the 15 Ways To Save Your Job.
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Are you a pregnancy discrimination victim?
If job seekers and employees are pregnant, the employer better not violate any of the following;
- pregnancy disability leave
- federal pregnancy discrimination law
- FMLA rights
- state maternity leave laws
Our employers are not legally required to give paid maternity leave. However, the majority must abide by the(FMLA)Family Medical Leave Act and the (PDA)Pregnancy Discrimination Act.
What is the PDA?
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Employee retaliation may be insidious! Part 2
In the last post I talked about the 1st area involving workplace retaliation, “protected activity”. Now let’s focus on “adverse employment action” and “causal connection”. When employees complain about a protected activity such as talking to an employee rights attorney, managers will typically want “revenge”.
Basic human nature says, “I must defend myself”. However, if discrimination or harassment has taken place there is no defense. Given the disturbing growth in retaliation claims employers are not training supervisors and managers to respect the rights of employees.
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Employee retaliation may be insidious! Part 1
According to the (EEOC) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, retaliation claims have increased approximately 100% from 1992-2006! Retaliation claims now comprise 30% of the total charges filed. These claims are now pushing race discrimination for the top spot.
