Pregnancy in the Workplace: COVID, FAQs, Your Rights, & Illegal Discrimination
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been with us for about a year. There are three vaccines available, but we…
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been with us for about a year. There are three vaccines available, but we…
Under federal law (if you work for an employer with at least 15 employees), you are covered by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the Civil Rights Act, which protects you from discrimination based on your sex, which all of course pregnancy-related issues are inseparable from your gender and who you are as a woman.
Great Long Overdue News for Fast Food Workers in NYC The city of New York recently passed a law requiring “Just Cause” Protections for Fast Food Workers.
Quitting your job is just giving up and doing your employer a favor, and most of the time when you quit you’ll also be ineligible to even collect unemployment benefits, never mind being able to take your employer to court, which is near impossible once you’ve voluntarily resigned.
Can you be fired for your free speech and or/for storming the capitol? Almost certainly yes, unfortunately. If you work for a private company you can be fired by your employer at anytime for any reason or absolutely no reason at all.
During COVID pandemic, you’re entitled to what’s known as an interactive process, a discussion about your needs to be able to continue working while pregnant and remaining safe and keeping your unborn baby safe.
Pregnant women are at greater risk of developing a severe respiratory infection when they contract a respiratory-based virus. So what are the reasonable accommodations you are entitled to in the workplace?
Employers may require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine before permitting the employee to return to the workplace.
Florida voters have facilitated raising of minimum wage in the state to $15 an hour making their state 8th in the country, and the very first in the South to pass it.
Meghan Markle has penned down a much necessary ode to this extraordinary year, which has resonated with women and men world over that are struggling to make sense of the collective grief that is upon us today.