Any workplace discrimination may add stress and pressure to you. What happens when you face it as a pregnant woman? While you may believe spotting the signs of on-the-job pregnancy discrimination would prove easy, think again. Some employers may do a good job of...
Workplace Discrimination
LGBTQ+ health care workers often face workplace discrimination
When you make your living working in health care in Oklahoma and also are a member of the LGBTQ+ community, you face a higher risk of experiencing workplace discrimination than many of your peers and colleagues. The same holds true if you are currently continuing...
How does harassment look in WFH environments?
As the modern workplace continues to evolve and include more work-from-home situations and entirely virtual opportunities, the problems associated with in-person workplaces have evolved and changed as well. Unfortunately, harassment still exists even in the changed...
Can you ask for accommodations if you are pregnant?
Expecting a baby should make no difference in the way your employer or coworkers treat you. In fact, by law, you have protections against harassment, demotion, unfair labor and termination among other things. Understandably so, you may need accommodations when you...
Do new moms have a right to pump at work?
If you have welcomed a new baby into your family, you may be anxious to end your family leave and return to work. Along with the normal stress that comes with leaving your baby and rejoining the workforce, you may have some anxiety about expressing breast milk during...
Employers must accommodate nursing mothers
Few life events are more exciting than welcoming a new baby into the world. If you have a career, though, you may have some concern about how your employer may react to your pregnancy. Fortunately, pregnant women and new mothers enjoy a variety of legal protections in...
4 signs of employment discrimination
Ideally, your workplace is a place where you can communicate with other people who have similar goals as you. Productivity and respect should thrive in workplaces so that everyone can contribute to the workplace in a meaningful way. It would be ideal if every...
Workplace discrimination puts moms and babies at risk
Some women suffer no setbacks in their careers during pregnancy and after having children, but this is probably not the norm. Most women discuss the difficulties of balancing home and work in the early stages of motherhood, especially if they are single parents and...