Non-compete agreements are usually part of an employment contract or presented upon separation. These agreements prohibit an employee from working for a competitor or engaging in a related business after that employee is separated from his/her employer. A non-compete...
When your employer does not choose you for a promotion, it can be disheartening and discouraging. It is even worse when it is a discriminatory choice. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission states that it is unlawful for an employer to make promotion...
If you experience sexual harassment at your job, you do not need to put up with it. Sexual harassment is unlawful behavior. There are laws that protect you from sexual harassment in the workplace, including Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Rhode Island even...
When accepting a job offer, or even a promotion, you need to understand the differences between being compensated on an hourly versus on a salary basis. Both payment methods offer their own individual benefits to an employee and have their own advantages and...
In 1990, the United States enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"). The ADA was implemented with the purpose of protecting individuals with disabilities from discrimination in all areas of life including, but not limited to, employment, schools, and...
Perhaps you are 45 years old, and you are leaving a company where you worked as a member of senior management.Your employer must draft the severance agreement properly, and there are special requirements for employees like you who are age 40 and older. Do you have...
The partial government shutdown, which started on December 22, 2018, has had many effects on federal employees. According to CBS News, as a result of the government shutdown, approximately 380,000 federal employees have been furloughed - a temporary leave of absence...
Workplace Retaliation According to the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), workplace retaliation is the most frequently alleged basis for discrimination on the federal level. Workplace retaliation occurs when an employer seemingly punishes...
Age Discrimination in Employment Act The Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA") is a federal law that protects workers and job applicants forty (40) years and older from discrimination on the basis of age in hiring, promotion, discharge, compensation, relative...
Let us say you have been working as a receptionist for a well-established marketing communications firm here in Rhode Island. You qualify for a promotion to office manager, but a less-experienced woman got the job. You believe you were passed over because of your...
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