Everyone deserves to feel comfortable in the workplace. There are numerous protections in place to help vulnerable groups, including older Americans who may face age-related discrimination. Workers can take legal action against employers who have discriminated against...
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Sexual harassment victims often face retaliation, termination
Sexual harassment in the workplace can take on any number of different forms, but if you are like many other victims of this type of behavior, you may have decided not to report it. Maybe you had fears about how your supervisors and colleagues would react to your...
Pregnant doctors deal with workplace discrimination
Women often experience various challenges in the workplace, sometimes including discrimination because of pregnancy. Despite the fact that doctors are some of the highest earners, female practitioners sometimes face complications due to workplace discrimination simply...
Patient outcomes harmed by workplace discrimination
Wisconsin patients rely on medical professionals to provide the best possible care, but some on-the-job issues could make fulfilling that expectation problematic for some women. Physicians who are also mothers report increased instances of workplace discrimination...
Are you afraid to be a whistleblower at work?
Whistleblowers are employees who report inappropriate activity they experience or witness in their workplace, or such activity their employers commit. Once you witness illegal behavior, you have a choice to make about whether to speak up. Understandably, many people...
Are there any protections for whistleblowing?
Those who take a stand by reporting their employer's legal violations are putting a lot on the line. Although it is not legal to do so, many employers retaliate against whistleblowers, even going so far as to fire them. For those who have been wrongly fired for...
Chemistry professor files workplace discrimination suit
Although most people pursue careers in science and higher education because of a deep passion for the subject rather than the potential earnings, income still matters. Unfortunately, when it comes to careers in academia and the sciences, some Wisconsin women may still...
Do you have knowledge of health care provider fraud?
Perhaps you are a new employee working in the billing department of a busy medical office. You are beginning to note some discrepancies between the services provided and the services billed. Are these simple errors, or are employees defrauding the government?...
Employment law: Google, Facebook unfriend mandatory arbitration
Employment disputes can be time-consuming and costly, something that many Wisconsin companies want to avoid. Because of this, forced arbitration has long been a part of how businesses deal with employment law issues. Now, some tech giants are leading the way in...
Former sheriff’s deputy settles workplace discrimination suit
Wisconsin residents should be able to go to work without worrying about on-the-job harassment. Sadly, many men and women are still subjected to unjust workplace discrimination each and every day. An out-of-state man recently settled a discrimination suit for what he...