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You see a job that you know you could do well. You have the qualifications and experience the company asks for. Then you see they want you to send in a video application. Some employers believe they can learn a lot about a person by asking them to apply by video. The...
No one deserves to put up with sexual harassment at work. Unfortunately, while sexual harassment in the workplace is illegal, this vice is quite rampant. If a co-worker, supervisor or employer sexually harasses you, it is important that you take appropriate steps to...
When people think about someone who perpetuates racial discrimination, they often assume that those actions are intentional. They imagine someone who consciously wants to use their position to discriminate against another, based on race. This is something that...
A hostile work environment is one in which you feel uncomfortable and unsafe. You may not feel comfortable with how a coworker invades your personal space or be upset about someone harassing a colleague. It is your right to work in an environment free of hostilities....
Unfortunately, bullying doesn't stop when you graduate from high school. It certainly extends to the workplace, and many people have experienced having a co-worker, a supervisor or even an employer act like a bully to them on the job. This can also take the form of...
As an hourly worker, you deserve compensation for your time on the job. You may not have a promise of a specific number of hours each week, which can make budgeting to pay your bills more difficult. However, at the very least, you should be able to depend on receiving...
Discrimination of any sort in the workplace isn’t acceptable. For many people, discrimination comes because of something they don’t have any control over. This is the case when a person is facing racial discrimination because they can’t control their race. While some...
If you make your living delivering food and drinks to people’s doors, you may have found that the living you make is less than you'd hoped for. Working as a delivery driver or rider is never going to be the best-paid job. Yet third-party delivery companies could still...
Numerous laws at both the federal and state levels protect workers from discrimination. An employer should not base their decisions about your career on your age, your religion, your sex or other protected characteristics, like medical conditions. Unfortunately,...
As an hourly worker in California, you only receive compensation for the time when you are present at your place of employment performing work. Unlike a salaried employee, you cannot always predict what your income will be from week to week if your schedule changes....