If you’ve paid attention to this blog, or the Workplace Fairness website, you know that we often have the job of sharing bad news, or the worst of what goes on in the American workplace. But what does it take to make a place a great one to work? With all of the bad news …
Because it’s the time of year when we all make New Year’s resolutions (at least those who have not already sworn never to do so), I had planned to write this blog entry about some resolutions that will help ensure that 2007 becomes known as the year of the American worker. But then I learned …
We all know the type: workaholics; Type-A personalities; road warriors; but now we can call them “extreme workers.” As discussed in a new report by the Center for Work-Life Policy, “work for many has become the ultimate extreme sport—high level, high impact workers pushing themselves beyond their limits; working around the clock and around the …
(Note: Paula Brantner is on vacation this week, so this post was written by Danica Dodds, American University Washington College of Law Class of 2008, a legal intern for Workplace Fairness in summer 2006.) Stereotypes can be extremely harmful because they can cause a person to mistreat others based on preconceived notions that are untrue. …
Gender Stereotyping in the Workplace and the Discrimination it Creates — Danica Dodds Read More »
Does the passage of time render past pay discrimination untouchable? Or is it like Groundhog Day, where it happens again and again with every paycheck? That was the question the Supreme Court faced on Monday, in the case of Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Situated right where law and reality collide, you have …
Those of us more than a little giddy about the election results, and what it could mean for workers, still haven’t come down to earth yet after the November 7 election. But now the hard part is coming — and you thought the hard part was getting the entrenched incumbents out of office. Now that …
As a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization, Workplace Fairness can’t tell you how to vote (although we’d sure like to sometimes!) But we can tell you a few things that we hope you’ll be keeping in mind next Tuesday, November 7. Although workplace issues, and domestic issues in general, have trouble rising to the forefront as …
See what happens when you put the foxes in charge of the henhouse? They have you believing that the hens’ demise is all their own doing. Just look at the Department of Labor’s strategic plan for the next five years. It’s probably not that much of a surprise that “training” is the buzzword in Elaine …
Fox in the Henhouse, Episode 57: It’s the Hens’ Fault Again Read More »
Just when you think you’ve seen it all, then you see something that still has the capacity to make your blood boil. For me, this week, it was the following statement, found on the editorial page of the New York Times: “Has any organization in the world lifted more people out of poverty than Wal-Mart?” …
We’re all human and make mistakes during our lives. Some are obviously bigger than others, and have the ability to haunt us for considerable lengths of time. A recent workplace mistake that no one in Ottawa County, Michigan is likely to forget anytime soon was delicately described as “a missing “L” in the word public,” …
Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.
