by admin | Feb 17, 2016 | Discrimination, Wrongful Termination
A recently filed lawsuit against tech giant Yahoo accuses company managers — including current CEO Marissa Mayer — of taking advantage of quarterly performance reviews to unfairly inject "subjective biases and personal...
by admin | Feb 16, 2016 | Discrimination
As a form of employment discrimination, ageism can be one of the most harmful and insidious. While certain forms of discrimination may only impact people of a certain race, religion or gender, everyone over a certain age has the possibility of becoming the target...
by admin | Feb 2, 2016 | Discrimination, Sexual Harassment
In a case before Jackson County, a jury awarded a Department of Corrections employee (and Meyers Law Firm client) claiming gender discrimination. The plaintiff, Debra Hesse, was represented by The Meyers Law Firm's own Martin Meyers, as well...
by admin | Jan 20, 2016 | Discrimination
Discrimination and harassment in the workplace can have insidious effects on the target, often beyond the obvious. While wage disparity and being passed over for promotions stem directly from the discrimination, new research shows that the victims of harassment...
by admin | Jan 19, 2016 | Discrimination, Sexual Harassment
In response to the accusations of sexual harassment leveled against many prominent scientific researchers in university settings, NASA has released a press release affirming its strong stance against harassment in the workplace and...
by admin | Jan 15, 2016 | Discrimination
The increasing prevalence of social media makes the pursuit of privacy difficult, and on a legal level it creates new dilemmas: above-board background checks can be conducted via a simple internet search of a person's name, resulting significant volumes...
