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If you experienced racial discrimination at work in Ohio, choosing how to start a claim can feel like an important early decision. In many situations, you may file with either the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) or the Ohio Civil Rights...
If you’re facing workplace discrimination in Ohio, you have legal options. The law protects you from being discriminated against due to protected characteristics like your age, gender, race and disability, among others. Even then, what you do next is critical. Many...
In some cases, workplace discrimination is obvious, overt and clearly offensive or even illegal. If an employee puts their name in for a promotion and is told that they are being denied based on their race or their gender, for example, they are clearly being...
Professionals age 40 or older should not have to face age discrimination in the workplace. Unfortunately, laws prohibiting age discrimination exist because it is a relatively common practice. Professionals who have spent years developing their careers may face an...
Work challenges affect everyone, but health conditions can make jobs especially difficult for some employees. Workplace accommodations help level the playing field so everyone can do their job well. But the question on every employees’ mind remains: can your boss say...
Workplace discrimination can be systemic in nature. Companies may have policies and practices that unfairly disadvantage certain groups of workers. Discrimination can also involve an employer failing to address a hostile work environment related to an employee's...
Some disabilities – like paralysis or blindness – remain basically the same from day to day. Many, however, affect people very differently from one day to the next and sometimes from one hour to the next. The latter are referred to as “dynamic disabilities.” These...
Sexual harassment in the workplace can take many forms. Sometimes it is verbal harassment, such as making jokes or insulting comments at another person’s expense, especially if it continues when the offending party is asked not to do so. Sometimes it is physical...
Workplace sexual harassment can be demoralizing. Whether an employee experiences quid pro quo harassment from a supervisor or endures a hostile work environment created by their co-workers, they may feel very anxious about reporting to work. Thankfully, the law...
Gender bias can follow you even after you reach a leadership role. If you manage teams or shape decisions, subtle treatment can still affect your authority, pay and future. In Ohio workplaces, bias is not always loud or obvious. It often shows up in patterns that...