Sadly, our society is still one in which many types of unfair discrimination and biases raise their heads. Some of these types have been getting more and more attention over the years, with there being an increased amount of societal pressure to stomp them out....
Employer-sponsored retirement plans, such as 401(k) plans, are part of the retirement portfolios of many U.S. workers. What happens with such plans can have major impacts on what kind of retirement workers are able to have. Given this, how employers act when it comes...
Houston energy firm EOG Resources is facing a federal wage lawsuit after a former oil field worker accused the company underpaying him and other employees for overtime hours, as well as misclassifying some of the workers as independent contractors. The suit...
Concerns about possible gender discrimination and bias come up in connection to workplaces in all different kinds of industries. Take the tech industry for example. This industry has come under criticism lately for the relatively low numbers of female workers in it....
Noncompete agreements can limit what kinds of job offers an employee could take or what kinds of jobs from other companies they could pursue after leaving their current employer. Such agreements can also put restrictions on what kinds of new businesses a person could...
