If you are pregnant or a new parent, you deserve rest to recover from childbirth and care for your new child. Maternity leave can provide this rest, but is your job safe while you are away? Can you be fired...
Read MoreHair should not determine whether someone gets hired, promoted, disciplined, or treated differently at work. Maryland’s CROWN Act makes that principle part of state anti-discrimination law. For employees asking, “But what is the CROWN Act exactly?” think of it as...
Read MoreA phone can turn into a recording device with one tap. In Maryland, however, capturing a private conversation without permission can create consequences far more serious than an awkward discovery. Under the Maryland two-party consent rule, everyone participating in a...
Read MoreNothing in your job description changed when you announced your pregnancy. But everything about your work environment did. A project you expected to lead goes to someone else. Your manager starts questioning appointments that never caused trouble before. Someone suggests...
Read MoreA firing at a K Street firm and a termination at a federal agency near the National Mall can involve the same kind of discrimination but require very different first steps. If you are filing an EEOC complaint in Washington,...
Read MoreThe layoff meeting ends in a Virginia Beach office. Maybe you are near Town Center, the Oceanfront, or commuting home toward Norfolk when you open the severance agreement HR just handed you. The number on the first page catches your...
Read MoreWorking from home might protect you from a stressful commute or an uncomfortable desk chair, but it does not necessarily protect you from workplace harassment. Harassing conduct can follow remote employees into video meetings, emails, messaging platforms, texts, and other...
Read MoreWhen you have a serious dispute with your employer, you may expect to take your case to court. Then you discover an arbitration clause in an employment agreement, handbook, or other document. That discovery can raise many questions. What is...
Read MoreYou can do your job well for years and still lose it over a new supervisor, a personality clash, a restructuring decision, or a company that simply wants someone else in the role. From Arlington and Alexandria to Richmond and...
Read MoreYou reported the conduct because something at work crossed a line. Then HR went quiet. No interview. No update. Perhaps the behavior continued while your complaint disappeared into an inbox. If you need to know what to do when HR...
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