Month: April 2012

Can employers discriminate against you because of your looks? Well, maybe. There is no doubt they do. A television program sent many sets of equally qualified job candidates to be interviewed at various businesses. Invariably the better-looking person got hired. Looks also influenced promotions, demotions and terminations. In most cases, looks discrimination is perfectly legal….

You are salaried so you do not get overtime pay. This is one of the most common misconceptions in the workplace. There is no doubt that salary status is one of the requirements exempting an employee from overtime pay, but it is not the only one. An exempt employee also has to be a manager,…