I’ve heard it many times over the past few years–things such as “my employer couldn’t afford to pay me overtime,” or, “I didn’t have the option to be an employee.” Whether to classify an employee as an independent contractor or employee is not at the employer’s discretion. There are certain laws employers have to follow […]
Imagine this. It’s October 11th, 2013. You have been experiencing sexual harassment in the workplace, and have reported it to your Human Resources department many times. Around 1:30 in the afternoon, you are called into your boss’s office and your employment is terminated. You feel this is due to you reporting the sexual harassment. You […]
It’s been fifty years since the Equal Pay Act was signed by President Kennedy. One would think, in 2013, sex does not come into play in the workplace. Unfortunately, sex discrimination occurs quite often at work. One version of this type of discrimination is the lack of equal pay for women in the workplace. If […]