Houston-area employees should be aware of new enforcement guidelines from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regarding national origin discrimination. On Nov. 18, 2016, the EEOC issued a new set of guidelines. These guidelines were created for small...
Sikh workers in Houston might be protected by a case elsewhere that ruled that a trucking company did not offer reasonable accommodation to its Sikh drivers when it required them to offer a piece of their cut hair for drug testing. One other man, who would not remove...
Houston job seekers may be interested in some statistics on ban the box policies, which aim to reduce job discrimination against people with criminal records. According to some researchers, these policies may actually increase job discrimination against certain...
Texas residents may be surprised to learn that some experts say that discrimination in widespread in the tech industry. According to the founder of Digital Sisters and Stop Online Violence Against Women, problems often start when employers scan potential candidates...
Texas employees may be interested to learn that a federal appeals court has dismissed a case against a business that decided not to hire a worker because she refused to get rid of her dreadlocks. The 3-0 decision effectively upholds that the company's ban on...
While discrimination against women in the workplace is often discussed, men also face problems when it comes to gender bias. When one man told his parents that he was going to be a nurse instead of a doctor, his parents started crying and starting to openly wonder if...
The Americans with Disabilities Act prevents covered employers in Texas and around the country from discriminating against disabled employees, including those who may have associational disabilities. The latter type involves employees who have a parent or a child who...
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....
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....
Among the situations in which a worker may want to consult with an experienced employment law attorney is when they suspect their employer has committed gender discrimination against them. It is important to note that federal law does not just prohibit gender...