Cornell & Associates PA Legal Blog

Wage theft refers to any violation or denial of an employee’s lawful wages. It occurs when employers fail to compensate their workers according to established labor laws and regulations. This can include various wage-related violations, such as non-payment of...

Workplace discrimination can have a devastating impact on the affected worker, resulting in lost opportunities, lower pay and a hostile work environment. This is in addition to the potential psychological effects such as stress and lower self-esteem. If you believe...

Discrimination is, unfortunately, sometimes easy for employers to hide. They know that they are not allowed to discriminate based on certain protected classes, so they come up with alternative reasons for their actions. They may try to disguise the discrimination,...

Some workers receive pay on an hourly basis, which means that their household income directly relates to how many hours of work they perform in a given week. Other workers have more predictable income levels because they have a salary arrangement with their employer....

Discrimination involves an employer making decisions about someone's professional future based on factors outside of their control. When people talk about discrimination, they often think about male supervisors giving poor performance reviews to female subordinates or...

For many people, the term sexual harassment makes them think of a manager pressuring someone into certain sexual activities or co-workers of the opposite sex making dirty jokes at the expense of one employee. Those are both potentially actionable forms of sexual...

When you face discrimination at work, it can be a very frustrating experience. Although the law says your unique characteristics shouldn't affect your work opportunities, you know that they have. You know that your supervisor or the company's owner treats you and...

Sexual harassment makes people feel uncomfortable or unsafe at work. It may make them feel like they no longer have autonomy over their own bodies. Sexual harassment may involve a hostile work environment, such as when coworkers make inappropriate comments about your...

Most companies will train their workers about the right to a harassment-free workplace. You probably know that your employer will intervene on your behalf if one of your co-workers touches you inappropriately or your manager tries to solicit sexual favors from you....

Much of the time, racism in America is viewed from an African-American lens. There is significant discussion about racism toward Black Americans, but there is not as much of a discussion about how racism can look different for people of other backgrounds....