#Workplace Discrimination

You would think a HR Manager, of all people, would know how to treat humans with respect and courtesy. Not this guy. Responding to a job application by Minh Huynh, a Vietnamese immigrant with relevant job experience, HR Manager Bruce Peterson sent back a rude and aggressive email that has ignited a

Have you seen that article floating around about how Obama's female staffers made sure they were heard during meetings? Basically, to ensure their points were made, they banded together, and each time one of them made a cogent point, the others would "amplify" the message by crediting the woman who

I run into a lot of weird stuff on Reddit. It's basically what the platform is made for. Sometimes it's delightfully weird, but sometimes it's...infuriating.This thread, from r/legaladvice, starts with pretty typical tech-bro behavior ("Can I bring strippers to the office?") — but ... Continue

When June J Rivas’s boss told her that her dress code was unprofessional, she didn’t realize the can of worms she was opening. “So my boss didn’t like me wearing my hair in a ponytail everyday,” she wrote on Facebook. “Nor my hair in a scarf. “Unprofessional”. Nor my hair in pigtails.

Last year, my previous employer threw a very thoughtful, generous appreciation dinner for our creative leadership team. The dinner was scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on a weeknight. I’m a single mom living in downtown Boston, which meant that I’d have to arrange for a sitter from about 6 ... Continue