The recent global events have caused many businesses to try some creative maneuvering to remain viable. For some, this meant creating opportunities for more employees to work from home. Working from home often means having to hold virtual meetings and communicate with...
When an emergency arises, North Carolina residents expect that rescue workers will arrive to help regardless of the race or gender of the victim. Unfortunately, that does not appear to extend to the responders’ co-workers, according to some complaints. While racial...
Growing older is not always a bad thing. In fact, in many cases, adding years means gaining wisdom, patience and experience. In the workforce, these qualities can be desirable. They are also rare qualities because more and more North Carolina businesses are...
Sexual harassment is, unfortunately, all too common for women in the workplace. According to one study, an alarming 36% of women reported experiencing some form of sexual harassment throughout their careers. More upsettingly, of the 5.1 million people who experience...
There are so many great benefits to the digital age. Workers are able to work faster and more efficiently, and many processes can be automated. A growing number of companies are discovering that allowing employees to work from home benefits both the business and...
Many employees across the country are vulnerable to being suddenly fired if their job is considered to be "at-will." If you are employed "at-will," it means that your employer can decide to fire you at any time, and for almost any reason. They can also fire you...
A North Carolina woman is suing a national organization, contending her former boss sexually harassed her during her employment at a state chapter of the group. She is seeking at least $15 million for assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress...
Sexual harassment in the workplace stems from many different things, and each case is unique. However, power imbalances often play heavily into the equation. Experts have even gone so far as to say that this type of harassment is really just a "manifestation of power...
A woman in western North Carolina is suing her former employer, a grocery store chain, Ingles. She contends that she was sexually harassed on the job and was fired after she complained to the store manager. The woman, 54, said she was the object of sexually suggestive...
Sexual harassment in the workplace often gets disguised as a joke. Someone may tell an insulting joke about a certain gender, for instance, or insist that their sexual comments about a co-worker were "just a joke" and were not anything too serious. The lines here get...
