Posted in Civil Rights on December 4, 2014
The answer depends on whether your actions violate the law. So how many laws are there? We don’t actually know. In 1982, the Justice Department commissioned a study to determine how many criminal laws actually exist, and the result was complete and total frustration: In a project that lasted two years, the Department compiled a… read more…
How employers fire pregnant women – and get away with itPosted in Civil Rights,Discrimination on December 1, 2014
Because the Pregnancy Discrimination Act does not protect pregnancy complications, employers can terminate pregnant employees who cannot perform certain job functions because of a pregnancy. For example, if an employer would fire a non-pregnant employee for missing work to visit the doctor, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act will not protect a similarly-situated pregnant employee just because… read more…