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Workplace Justice
Identifying and preventing racial discrimination is crucial to ensuring a healthy workplace. Everyone deserves a workspace free from bias and prejudice, where they are valued for their skills and contributions rather than one in which they may be undervalued due to...
How amazing it would be if everyone accepted you no matter what. It can be such a struggle to go to work every day where you can't be yourself. However, despite progress in recent years, the real world is a far cry from that ideal. While coming out at work can be...
In spite of countless advancements and laws codified to protect workers from discrimination, employers still find ways to sidestep the rules creatively. They seemingly find new ways to mistreat and wrongfully terminate workers for reasons unrelated to their on-the-job...
Work is hard, especially when suffering from limiting health conditions or disabilities. An individual could qualify for a job but find specific aspects challenging. In these situations, persons with disabilities could request reasonable accommodations to help...
Discrimination is a severe problem in the workplace. It could happen to employees unaware of how badly it could affect them and their livelihoods. Employment discrimination could be blatant, such as harassment by coworkers or managers. Some instances are more subtle,...
Despite efforts toward gender equality in the workforce, some industries remain male-dominated. For instance, jobs in finance, technology or manufacturing have traditionally been associated with men leading the way. While women have made tremendous advances in these...
Most workers shed blood, sweat and tears to get where they are in their careers. Many managers, executives and skilled workers rise through the ranks primarily because of their hard work. But sometimes, some employees encounter roadblocks that should not have been a...
In recent years, there has been an increasing awareness of the need to respect an individual's gender identity and expression. This includes the use of preferred pronouns, which are personal pronouns that an individual prefers to use to address themselves, such as...
Aging brings certain unavoidable changes, such as wrinkles and reading glasses. Yet there is no reason it should also bring age discrimination. Federal law's Age Discrimination Act of 1975 makes age discrimination against anyone over 40 illegal, but unfortunately, it...
There’s increasing scientific and medical understanding that gender identity is much more complicated than a binary system and gender expression is a largely social construct. Unfortunately, not everybody has gotten the memo. Transphobia and gender identity or...