People with disabilities too often find themselves the victims of workplace bullying and harassment that’s not so different from what they experienced when they were children. While it might not be as direct, it can endanger their mental health and hurt their chances...

Employers have a duty to ensure that their workplace isn’t hostile to employees. There are several things that can constitute a hostile workplace. One of the keys to claiming that a workplace is hostile is that the conditions at your job make it impossible for you to...

While many Cincinnati businesses hire salaried or hourly employees to work for them, an increasing number of them have independent contractors handle a lot of their work. Sometimes, employers will also misclassify an employee as an independent contractor. Why? Well,...

There are generally two kinds of leave available to workers in the United States. The first form of leave depends on your employment situation. Employer-sponsored leave might be part of your benefits package. You may be able to accrue vacation time, sick leave or...

Are you an older job applicant with a stellar resume who is struggling to get hired — or even to get an interview? One might assume that with online job applications and remote interviews, age discrimination is not as much of a factor as with in-person meeting with...

Sadly, it's not uncommon for workers to face sexual harassment in their Ohio workplaces. Some employees don't report what happens to them because they fear their employer letting them go or taking some other type of reprisal against them. Others don't step forward and...

A Google employee recently sued the search engine giant, alleging race discrimination. He claims the employer hired him and other black workers under false pretenses. According to a recent report in The Washington Post, the employee accused Google of hiring him for...

“What do the United States and Papua New Guinea have in common? They are the only countries in the world without paid family leave.” That is the tag line to a 2017 film called Zero Weeks. As an employee in the U.S., the best you can usually hope for is to be covered...

Most employees would not recognize signs that they were victims of wage theft. Every year, wage theft drains billions of dollars each year from the pockets of working-class people. Unfortunately, employers often target those who can ill-afford the loss the most. Those...

Employment law is sometimes confusing because every state has its own regulations, and then there are also federal regulations, some of which aren't universal to all employers. As a worker in Ohio, you may hear a lot of inaccurate claims about your rights and...