Blowing the Whistle – Practical Tips
Blowing the Whistle — Practical Tips Perhaps you are at work and you witness your employer violating the law. What do you do? If you complain, will your employer and co-workers know that it was you? What are the possible repercussions of whistleblowing? This page provides answers to these questions and more: 1. Am […]
General Information About Whistleblowing and Retaliation
General Information About Whistleblowing and Retaliation Iff you have information that your employer is violating laws or regulations, or if your employer is causing danger to public health and safety, you may feel obligated to report this information. If you do so, then you may be considered a whistleblower. There are many state and federal […]
Whistleblowing & Retaliation
Whistleblowing & Retaliation Fighting back when you see your employer doing something wrong can be scary, and risky. But there are laws that can protect you in a number of situations. Learn more about how you might be protected when you blow the whistle or challenge illegal conduct. Please select one of the following topics: […]
Workplace Torts
Workplace Torts A tort is a wrongful act or the infringement of a right that leads to civil legal liability. There are wide variety of torts that may happen in the workplace. Some common examples include fraud, defamation, assault, and false imprisonment. Civil liability allows you to sue someone and recover money damages, as opposed […]
Employment Rights For Victims of Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence and the Workplace Domestic violence — mental or physical abuse at the hands of an intimate partner — often affects the victims’ ability to work. More than one in four women and one in ten men will experience domestic violence in their lifetime, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). […]
Employer Policies
Employer Policies Generally an employer provides its employees with a handbook or workplace policies to set forth expected behavior and procedures within the workplace. Employer policies can impact your ability to bring a claim in court and in some cases can create contracts between the employer and employee. To learn more about different types of […]
Filing a Harassment Complaint – State Law
Filing a Harassment Complaint – State Law Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII applies to employers with 15 or more employees. Sexual harassment can be un-welcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of […]
Work Time
Work Time The work time page explains which types of work activities, including training and on-call time, you must be paid for and what rate of pay you are entitled to for your time on each type of work. It also explains when an employer is required to pay for travel to various work locations. […]
Unpaid Wages
Unpaid Wages Unpaid wages occur when employers fail to pay employees what they are owed. This is often also referred to as withheld salary or wages. Unpaid wages may occur when your employer fails to pay overtime wages, your employer fails to meet minimum wage requirements, your employer intentionally miscategorized employees in a way so […]
Immigration Status Discrimination
Immigration Status Discrimination Discrimination occurs when an employer treats an individual differently based on their citizenship or immigration status. This is illegal under the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) regardless of whether an individual is a U.S. citizen or not, a permanent resident, an asylee, or a refugee. However, some employer […]
