Retaliation and whistleblowing are two concepts that are often related in employment law. Separately or together, they can provide important ways for workers to protect their rights. At-will employment Like most states, Georgia follows an at-will approach to...
Losing a job can be an overwhelming experience for an Atlanta resident. If they have a family and people depending on them and their income, they can feel both economic and personal stress about their termination. In some situations, employment terminations do not...
Sexual harassment affects men and women in many different industries. Across Atlanta, workers suffer in silence from degrading, humiliating, and dangerous forms of sexual harassment. Under the law, quid pro quo harassment is based on a proposed exchange between a...
The term employee misclassification refers to employers in the Atlanta area, or elsewhere, improperly labelling workers as independent contractors and treating them as such. Even if they initially go along with it because they need the income, employee...
Reporting your employer’s noncompliance with federal laws and regulations, including laws regulations enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, can be intimidating, but you may feel a deep moral obligation to do so. The situation can be made...
People in Georgia have many different types of jobs. These jobs have many different types of requirements. People may work in various office settings, work construction jobs, work in the medical field in various roles, be teachers, food service workers, work in retail...
Many things can make an employee’s work environment unpleasant, including difficult coworkers, poor management, an unreasonable amount of work, or a lack of opportunities for advancement. However, an unpleasant work environment does not necessarily meant that it...
There have been major strides taken over the last 100 years to ensure that women in Georgia have the same opportunities in the workplace as men. Many women work now and they are working in many different industries that historically were only occupied by men. No...
People in Atlanta are hard workers, and often put in time above and beyond the standard 40-hour workweek. For covered, non-exempt employees, this means they are entitled to overtime pay under federal law. The following is a brief overview of wage and hour laws...
As we discussed recently on the blog, workplace discrimination is still rampant across America’s places of employment. This discrimination can take many forms, effecting those of certain genders, races, and religions, just to name a few of the protected classes. Yet,...