Workplace Discrimination

Maryland workers might want to know that a Michigan paper and packaging manufacturer has agreed to pay $187,500 to settle a lawsuit alleging that the company wrongly fired its former human resources manager while he was on short-term disability leave. The suit was...

Maryland residents might use Squarespace for their tech needs in building websites for business or personal activities. The company began in 2004, and it has been quite successful in growing as a business, raising nearly $80 million in funds from a variety of...

There are many employees in Maryland who have religious beliefs that conflict with normal work requirements. Religious employees may not be able to work on religious holidays or on the days that they attend religious ceremonies. Some religious employees have strong...

Most Maryland employees know that it is illegal for employers to discriminate against an employee based on his or her religion. Additionally, employers must reasonably accommodate the person's religious practices and beliefs in the workplace unless this causes the...

Maryland employees that age discrimination toward people at or over the age of 40 is illegal under federal law, but older workers may still feel insecure about their position at work. However, there are a number of ways that they can continue to demonstrate the value...

Maryland residents should be aware that a study that was conducted by the University of Chicago found that Muslim Americans often face discrimination in the health care industry. The study found that nearly half of 255 Muslim American physicians felt that their work...

A poll completed by CNN/Kaiser Family Foundation found that for many minorities, discrimination is still a huge issue in America. Of those surveyed, 57 percent of Hispanics and 69 percent of blacks said that discrimination from both the past and present were causing...

Maryland residents may dismayed to learn that job applicants are less likely to receive a callback from potential employers if they disclose that they are cancer survivors, according to a new study by researchers at Rice University and Penn State University. The...

In September, CNN parent company Time Warner Inc. settled a suit with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over a charge its parental leave policy allowed more paid time off for birth mothers than biological fathers. The case serves as a reminder that all...

Employees in Maryland who have been placed on paid suspension usually cannot claim that the move was an adverse employment action. Several court decisions, including one recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, have ruled that paid...