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When you're working as a waitress, you know that there are going to be times when people say things they shouldn't. You know that someone might slide you their phone number or be rude to you just because you're female. What you didn't think you'd need to expect was...

A lot of things can go wrong as an employee, but there's little worse than finding that you're a victim of workplace retaliation. In the business world, retaliation comes in the form of a punishment for taking some type of action against your employer, such as filing...

While you've worked at your current company, you've seen many things with which you disagree. You saw a supervisor catcall a fellow employee. You saw a client come in and continuously flirt with a coworker whom you knew was uncomfortable, but the boss encouraged her...

It may be the farthest thing from your mind, but workplace sexual harassment remains a very big problem throughout the country. Even with state and federal laws in place to protect against this, you never know when someone will cross the line. If you have reason to...

Most working adults understand that they have special protections under federal law if they have to report their employer for doing something illegal. Whether someone reports their employer to a government regulatory agency or makes a report to upper management about...

You have been at your job for a few years, and you focus on doing your work well. You had great reviews and thought that everything was going well, but that changed when you found a notice on your desk that you were fired. You had 24 hours to remove your items and get...

If you suspect workplace discrimination, the first thing you'll do is take a step back to ensure that you're not seeing things. You want to be 100 percent certain that your first inclination is correct. From there, it's critical that you take steps to protect your...

Finding a job is frustrating and stressful on many levels. With so much happening at the same time, the last thing you want to worry about is a hiring company violating the law. As a job applicant in New Jersey, you have a variety of legal rights. For example, it's...

Even though your workplace should be 100 percent free of discrimination, it's not out of the question that someone could cross the line. Not only will this throw you for a curve in regard to your employment, but it can also affect your personal life and finances....

With workplace sexual harassment taking on many different forms, it's not always easy to pinpoint it and take immediate action to protect your legal rights. Instead, you may find yourself wondering what's happening, how to proceed and whether you should speak up....