When an employee raises concerns regarding sex discrimination in the workplace, it is the employer’s job to thoroughly investigate the complaint in an effort to resolve the issue. When employers ignore signs of sex discrimination, sometimes they find themselves subject to an employment discrimination lawsuit. A recent article in the Des Moines Register details of… Read More »
Online Job Postings Scrutinized for Employment Discrimination
More than a billion people log onto social media platforms such as Facebook or Instagram everyday making it an attractive way for employers to advertise employment opportunities. Social media companies such as Facebook can target online job posting ads geographically so that they appear within a few miles radius of a company or internationally with… Read More »
Job Denied Based on Discrimination…Des Moines Wrongful Termination
Pre-employment exams are regularly used to screen job applicants as a means to find the most suitable employees. Employers typically administer these exams to assess a potential employee’s physical fitness, health, personality traits among other qualities. Although the screening process seems to make sense to match the most qualified employees to available job openings, pre-employment… Read More »
Fathers Filing Gender Discrimination Complaints on the Rise
The mainstay of litigation involving women in the 1980’s and 90’s often revolved around employment discrimination linked to the perception of women being a caregiver first, a committed employee second. For decades, women who believed their employers had punished them with lower wages and missed promotions after they had become mothers have been filing gender… Read More »