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.
