Archive for July 2018

Despite the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) being passed in 1990, the significant majority of disabled employees still encounters discrimination in hiring and in employment itself. Less than 20 percent of disabled people are employed as of 2017, and once employed, they have to deal with conduct that most non-disabled people do not face. Some…

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in employment on several grounds, including race, color, gender/sex, national origin, and religion. One characteristic it does not exclude from discrimination is past criminal history. While employers are entitled to ask questions regarding past criminal history, more and more companies and locales are participating…

In light of recent current events and changes in the judiciary, many LGBTQ+ people are concerned about their rights and their place in society. One of the primary areas of concern is employment law, given that as of this writing, protections against sexual orientation discrimination are a somewhat confusing patchwork of laws and regulations that…

The average U.S. worker believes that any type of discrimination in employment is illegal, when in reality this is not the case. In rare situations, it is possible to discriminate in hiring and employment if the characteristic in question is what the law calls bona fide occupational qualifications (BFOQ). This designation is seen in Title…