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Someone making a romantic advance toward you at work is not necessarily harassment the first time it happens. If a co-worker asks you out and your company does not have a policy against employees dating, they haven't done anything wrong. When it turns into harassment...
Employees are under a lot of pressure to not upset their employers, and so they may not feel comfortable taking actions that their employers won't like. However, the public has an interest in learning the truth, and so the law offers protections for employees who...
You're getting older, but that doesn't mean you're any less beneficial to a company. You have been in the industry for many years, and you have insight that others may not. You worry that your age plays a role in many of the decisions that take place around you,...
A case pending before the Colorado Supreme Court currently has the potential to change the landscape of employment law in this state. Interestingly, this case involves a man who himself worked in human resources for a public hospital. He described his position as one...
You're so excited about receiving a job offer that you rush to sign your employment contract and provide the necessary paperwork to your new employer.While it's okay to feel excitement, don't sign an employment contract without first carefully reviewing the finer...
A previous post on this blog talked about how several well-known companies are facing allegations from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or EEOC, that they engaged in discriminatory recruiting practices. The issue was that these employers either placed, or...
Top executives and sales professionals receive competitive pay to attract them to work at a company. Many businesses will go a step beyond that in order to incentivize the best possible performance for their staff. In addition to base pay and commissions, some...
The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or EEOC, recently filed formal allegations against several companies accusing them of unlawful targeted recruiting that, according to the allegations, was designed to discourage older workers, and in some...
A previous post on this blog reported that new federal standards governing who can and cannot be classified as a salaried employee exempt from overtime and other wage rules are promising to change the landscape of workplaces both in Colorado and throughout the...
There is nothing worse than feeling as if your employer is not paying you for the time you've been spending on the job. Whether it's a few missing hours of pay each week or paychecks that never seem to add up correctly, you may be confused and frustrated. The good...