If you’re a woman working in the male-dominated financial sector, you’ve probably experienced first-hand in the workplace. You’ve noticed that you face different pressures and are held to different standards than your male counterparts. And your empirical evidence is...
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Workplace Discrimination
Employers can’t discriminate against pregnant women at work
Pregnant women shouldn't have to face any type of discrimination in the work force simply because they decided to start a family or expand their family. For some pregnant women, having to deal with discrimination is an atrocity that they live with at work. These women...
Job notices can’t include age preferences
Age discrimination isn't always as obvious as you may assume. For instance, it's clear that discrimination is happening if a young person and an older worker both come in for an interview, but the company then tells the older worker he or she is too old for the job...
Minnesota’s legislature doesn’t disclose employee discrimination
If there's one thing that Minnesota legislators appear to enjoy relaying to the public, it's about how focused on being transparent they are, especially as it relates to being selective in spending taxpayer dollars. A recent investigation shows that they aren't...
I lost my job: Do I have an age discrimination claim?
When an employee has many years of experience in his or her field of work, he or she will charge a premium for his or her services, and demand a much higher salary than a freshly graduated worker. It is expected in almost all industries that a more experienced, and...
Workers’ compensation retaliation could come into play
There is nothing worse than the thought of suffering an on-the-job injury. Even if you are extremely careful about avoiding an accident, you never know if you could find yourself in a compromising position at some point.If you suffer a workplace injury, the first...
Do you understand the Americans with Disabilities Act?
Depending on your age, you may remember when the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in 1990.While some people never think twice about the ADA and what it can do for them, other soon find themselves learning more about the law and the type of...
Building a strong discrimination case requires sound legal theory and supporting evidence, P.2
When an individual chooses to pursue an employment discrimination case, there are different theories of discrimination that can be alleged, depending on the facts of the case. In our last post, we looked at one common theory of discrimination: disparate treatment. As...
Building a strong discrimination case requires sound legal theory and supporting evidence, P.1
Previously, we looked briefly at an ongoing discrimination case against UMD involving several former coaches of female athletics. As we noted last time, the university wants the lawsuit thrown out based on undisputed law and facts, though the coaches have a different...
Former UMD sports coaches accuse university of illegal discrimination
Three former University of Minnesota Duluth sports coaches, all female, are suing the university for a total of $18 million for illegally discriminating against them. The former coaches filed the suit back in 2015, accusing the university of discrimination based on...