Workers in Delaware are protected under ERISA, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Your employee benefits like your retirement plan, disability insurance or profit-sharing scheme may be important to your future, and this law sets in place standards by which...
Month: February 2020
You don’t have to suffer age discrimination at work
America’s labor history is a mixed tale of advancement/opportunity coupled with myriad types of detriment imposed upon workers. As for the latter, Delaware readers of our employment law blog at Martin D. Haverly in Wilmington might merely consider the myriad types of...
The process of reporting sexual harassment
There are legal protections for workers when it comes to sexual harassment no matter the size of the company where they work. For companies in Delaware and throughout the U.S. that have more than 15 employees, federal law mandates that employees be free from unwelcome...
Steps employers can take to reduce workplace discrimination
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission processed a total of 72,675 workplace discrimination complaints in fiscal year 2019. This figure illustrates the extent that discriminatory attitudes and practices affect workplaces. In the interest of preventing costly...