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...

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Before you take a job, get to know your rights
Before you ever start working a new job, something that is important is to look at is your employment rights. Whether you’re a brand new worker or someone who has been on the job for years, reviewing your legal rights is essential. Laws and requirements change over...
How to approach workplace discrimination
There may come a point in your career when you realize that you’re a victim of discrimination. Should that happen, you have three options: Fight back to protect your legal rights, deal with it or leave the company for good. It goes without saying that no one should be...
Is it age discrimination to refuse to hire high school students?
Discriminatory hiring practices limit the ability of individuals with certain protected characteristics to support themselves and advance their careers. In order to level the playing field, the federal government has created a list of certain characteristics that are...
Do workers paid on a salary basis ever receive overtime pay?
Most labor protection laws exist to promote the general well-being of workers and to prevent companies from taking advantage of their workers. Overtime wages are a perfect example. There comes a point where a person can work themselves into exhaustion and negatively...
2 categories of sexual harassment
Workers have the right to do their job duties without having to worry about being sexually harassed. While some people might think that sexual harassment always involves physical contact, this isn’t always the case. It is possible for an employee who is never touched...
You don’t deserve to be a victim of age discrimination
When you went to work, you took a look around and realized how young most of the people you worked with were. You made a mental note, but you didn’t think much about it. Between people your age retiring, getting fired or leaving their positions, it made sense that...
Age discrimination is insidious and still a barrier to employment
More than a half-century after the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) was passed to protect older workers here in the United States, it is discouraging to reveal that, rather than having been eradicated, age discrimination continues to be a barrier to...
What is retaliation in employment?
Employees deserve a workplace that’s free of illegal activities. For some, making a formal complaint is frightening because they are concerned that they will face retaliation. One thing to remember if you are in this position is that retaliation at work due to you...
Why should you retain your own time clock records from work?
As an hourly worker, you receive wages based on the amount of time that you work for your employer. As such, you expect to get compensation for all of the time that you work, particularly if you can't rely on a specific number of hours every week. Every minute can...