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A Deeper View On Sexual Harassment

April 24th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Legal and Law

In the United States, around 15,000 cases of sexual harassment are filed in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) every year. These unruly sex discrimination acts by a higher authority such as the employers are covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This law pertains to labor institutions, employment agencies and also the federal government. Its scope covers the employers having fifteen or more workers under his supervision.

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Raising Some Points On Racial Discrimination In The Workplace

April 3rd, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Legal and Law

“I am deeply disappointed of my employer. He terminated me from my job recently. I have done nothing wrong. Is it a great deal for him if I belong to a different race? What should I do now? How can I support my family’s needs? Who would dare to rescue me from this terrible situation?” These were some of the questions I heard my friend ask who believed that he has been wrongfully terminated from work. Our conversation prompted me to conduct a study about the law which prohibits employers from firing their employees on the sole basis of their race or color – the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Retirement Plans - Financial Security Upon Retirement

March 27th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Legal and Law

Most employees, upon reaching retirement age, anticipate such time when they can totally relax while still enjoying financial security. That’s why even at the very beginning of their employment, they are already looking far into the future about the kind of retirement benefits they might possibly get.

There are formal contracts to provide retirement benefits for employees upon reaching retirement age. They are called retirement plans. Some retirement plans can be set up by the employee themselves while some are sponsored by their employer.

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Employed At Will? Watch Out For Wrongful Termination

March 5th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Legal and Law

There is a large number of people who are employed in a company in a so-called at will scheme. It means that they have not signed any formal or binding employment contract or have not signed any kind of agreement in terms of his or her employment with their employers.

This being the case, the law of the state has implicit permission that their employment can be ended at any given time, whatever occurs to their employers.

Meanwhile other employees have an employment contract signed with their employers, with a clause of “at will” to the condition that their employment may end depending on the employers’ option.

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Racial Discrimination And The Law Behind It

January 14th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Legal and Law

Still in our times, the battle against racial discrimination is yet far from being settled. This is very much evident on the large number of job discrimination cases which were filed in courts across the United States and most especially in the state of California. Typically, equal employment rights and opportunities should be handed down to everyone regardless of his race or color and his association to a certain ethnic group.

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