Workplace Discrimination

Everyone has personal biases and these biases can shape how we view or interpret others. Since everyone has personal biases, can people be held liable for their biases? When personal biases are present in a working environment and affect one’s employment, someone’s personal biases could create an unlivable work environment. A college professor recently conducted a study on the subject…

The “Today” show has aired in millions of homes as viewers kept the show holding the top spot for a series of 16 years. This is no small feat, but the long-time success was quickly forgotten as the ratings recently started to drop and “Good Morning America” took its place. In fact, Ann Curry was the one who took the…

A Midwest dessert company recently changed their dress code. After the announcement was made, 10 women walked off of the job and another 20 men joined them. The reason they chose to leave was because they said that the new dress code constituted religious discrimination, and they refused to participate in it. The 10 women were made up of a…

Workplace discrimination can happen in many forms, including in the form of ageism. Ageism is when an employee is discriminated against due to his or her age. Most workers who experienced discrimination based on ageism are employees who are over the age of 50. Ageism effects many employees, including those employed in Missouri. Once an employee is over the age…

Workplace harassment can occur when an employee is made to feel humiliated or insulted due to the actions or words of a supervisor or employer. The harassment can occur through many forms, some of which are gestures, comments or emails. A nanny for actress Sharon Stone has claimed workplace harassment based on comments about her nationality. Sharon Stone’s former nanny…

Workplace discrimination comes in a number of different forms, including harassment and discrimination against members of the United States Military. Service members cannot choose when they will be deployed or for how long they will be gone, and employers must work around this type of commitment. A lawsuit was recently finalized for a woman who was terminated from her employment…

Sexual harassment and workplace discrimination often go hand in hand. Employees who endure sexual harassment are often the same employees that are discriminated against by their employer. The term sexual harassment encompasses a variety of actions, all of which include an employee enduring unwelcomed based on his or her gender. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently decided a case that…

In March of this year, the House of Representatives proposed the Kansas Preservation of Religious Freedom Act, an act that is supposed to prevent local governments from enacting legislation that could in some way create a burden against an individual’s religious exercise. The bill is set for a vote in the Kansas Senate. Two professors from Kansas State have begun…

Workplace discrimination in Missouri creates an unfair environment for affected employees and creates potential economic repercussions for the employers. In addition to the employer’s litigation cost associated with employment discrimination claims by the protected classes of employees, workplace discrimination has a larger impact on the workplace environment. It is reported specific classifications of employees are impacted the most by workplace…

Usually the term workplace discrimination refers to discriminatory actions by an employer against an employee. Most discussions about this topic focus on the toll the discrimination takes on the employee and whether the employee was able to prevail in a related lawsuit. Since these topics are very pertinent to Missouri employment matters, the topic of the employer’s cost for workplace…