As more employers begin using fingerprinting technologies to screen job applicants and improve their overall security, civil libertarians are warning there aren’t enough legal protections against abuse.
As workplaces become more diverse, employers and employees alike are learning how to accommodate Islamic workers’ observance of Ramadan, their religion's lunar calendar month of fasting.
The new "whistleblower" protections in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act - the law Congress passed to fight corporate corruption - are cumbersome and anemic, employment lawyers tell the Wall Street Journal. It means workers who report allegations of fraud should still expect the companies to fight back fiercely.
During fiscal year 1999, 19,694 charges of discrimination were filed with the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC), up 77% from the 11,096 charges files in fiscal year 1992.
