Sexual harassment or other forms of discrimination in the workplace often go unreported. As a consequence of non-disclosure agreements or office cultures, there is a lack of transparency and a perceived inability of victims of workplace wrongdoing to speak out. Take, for example, those subjected to sexual harassment at work. Sexual harassment cases are nothing… Read More »
Archives for September 2016
Hearing Loss is One of the Most Common Work-Related Injuries
Hearing loss is one of the most common work related injuries according to the CDC. Every year, approximately 22 million workers are exposed to hazardous levels of occupational noise, sometimes resulting in hearing loss. Construction workers, manufacturers and miners are most likely to succumb to hearing impairment due to conditions on the job. Many workers… Read More »
Employment Discrimination Suspected Among Tech Companies
“Younger people are just smarter…”, announced Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to an audience at Stanford University in 2009, summing up what now seems to be a pervasive problem of age bias in hiring among tech companies. According to a research firm, Payscale, the median age of the average American worker is 42. At tech companies… Read More »
Iowa Restrictive Covenants | Illinois Non-Compete Agreements
Sometimes employees are asked to sign employee non-compete agreements as a condition for their continued employment with their company. Following a lawsuit brought by the Illinois Attorney General against Jimmy John’s sandwich chain, non-competition agreements preventing low-wage earners from working for a competitor are no longer legal. In general, a non-compete agreement (or restrictive covenant),… Read More »