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People often wonder about the difference between the FMLA and the ADA, the difference recedes on their purpose. The FMLA provides leave to employees and the ADA prohibits discrimination against disabled individuals. What does each Act do?    The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) gives ...

The ADA's main goal is to make it illegal for businesses to discriminate against workers who have disabilities in any aspect of employment. The goal of a workers' compensation law, on the other hand, is to establish a system for assuring a swift and equitable resolution of employees' claims again...

According to the Equal Pay Act, unless a wage disparity can be explained, men and women performing equal labor in the same employment shall be paid equally. Men and women still earn substantially different salaries in the United States, more than 50 years after pay discrimination was outlawed in this country. This harms both the workforce and the economy of our country.

Due to long-standing educational and labor market disparities, Black women have historically experienced a pay gap despite being an essential component of the American workforce. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionately negative effect on them. Some facts concerning Black...

The general rule in Indiana is that a company can hire, fire demote, and suspend you for any reason. However, they cannot hire, fire, demote or suspend you due to your protected class. This post will focus on how African Americans/Black people can determine if they were discriminated against base...

I receive countless calls from Indiana employees stating that they have been wrongfully terminated, suspended, weren't hired or are being subjected to a hostile work environment. Sometimes it takes 30 minutes to weed through a call until the employee gets to the crust of what happened.  However, ...

If you're a woman facing discrimination and fearing wrongful termination, your legal success hinges on how proactive you are. Proactive people take control of situations and drive events instead of simply responding to them, while reactive people merely respond, often too late. That's why I encou...

If you've read my article, Five Thing Every Employee Needs to Know, then you know that employers are prohibited from discriminating against someone on the basis of: Race or Color, National Origin, Sex, and Religion (Title VII and Section 1981); Physical and Mental Disability (The Americans w...

You can be fired. Indiana generally follows the employment at will doctrine, which permits both the employer and the employee to terminate the employment at any time for a “good reason, bad reason, or no reason at all.” Montgomery v. Bd. of Trustees of Purdue Univ.,849 E.2d 1120, 1128 (Ind. 2006)...

By Amber Boyd According to a report by the National Black Women's Justice Institute, African American girls are over seven times more likely than Caucasian girls to receive one or more out-of-school suspensions. Do you think your child is suffering from unjust disciplinary action? Be proactive a...

If you read my previous post, Workplace Discrimination: 5 things every employee needs to know, then you know that in order to file a discrimination claim you need adverse action. This post will give a more in-depth definition of adverse action. Unquestionable Adverse Action. Unquestionable advers...