A significant portion of our waking hours is spent at our workplaces. When we enter the workforce, we expect to be treated fairly. We expect that our diligence, ethics, and job performance will earn us promotions, raises, and other rewards. Unfortunately, even the best employees may be treated unfairly at work. You may find that you are not afforded the
According to California labor lingo, a per diem employee is an employee who doesn’t have a regular schedule but instead works hours as assigned. This category of employee is common in a variety of industries including education and healthcare. Ideally, a per diem employment arrangement works well for both the employer and the employee. The employer has a trained professional
Nurses have one of the toughest jobs on the planet. These frontline workers routinely put themselves in harm’s way in order to serve the community. The job is exhausting and stressful, yet for many, extremely rewarding. That is, as long as the hospital they work at treats them fairly when it comes to the issues of wages and hours. Many
In recent years, popular restaurant chain Chipotle has battled accusations of wage theft and an EEOC complaint about sexual harassment and retaliation. Now, Chipotle caught a break after a federal judge in California denied a class action request on behalf of similarly-situated workers. The proposed class was made up of approximately 43,000 workers, mostly Hispanic or Mexican hourly wage earners.
In 2019, at the age of 79, Ida Gomez Llanos was terminated from her employment as a flight attendant for Delta Airlines after 57 years of dedicated service. During her lengthy career, Ms. Llanos was recognized as one of the top 5 flight attendants in the U.S. and the top flight attendant in Los Angeles, CA. Why Did Delta Fire
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed sexual harassment in the workplace. But for years after its enactment, men and women continued to endure the indignities and trauma of sexually invasive words and acts in their place of work. One reason that sexual harassment and other offensive behaviors persist is that they are sometimes dismissed as unserious “jokes,” not meant
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