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Keith Deltano uses comedy to conduct anti bullying assemblies in a nation where students are being bullied to death. On line bullying as well as bullying harassment are controversial topics that few would associate with comedy. However, Keith believes that “serious comedy” forces the students to examine how they treat one another.

Keith points out that comedy has always been used to deal with controversial topics. Keith says, “Richard Pryor used comedy to attack institutionalized racism, Bill Cosby used comedy to highlight the challenges faced by the American family, so it shouldn’t seem so unusual that I use comedy to take on ‘bullies’ and ‘mean girls’.” Keith believes the students respond to comedy because of what it’s not: boring. “The students come into the bullying assembly expecting a lecture, they have that ‘not another lecture look’ any teacher in America is familiar with. Within seconds I have them laughingat themselves and their prejudice, critical and judgmental attitudes.”  Read more...

There are a number of things you need to remember when you have been served the pink slip. This is to ensure that the chances of either making or breaking your opportunity to get reinstated or finding a new job is used properly. Following these steps can help in improving your chances of easily breaking your unemployment slump or even preventing.

When the employee is served their “pink slip of doom” first, try to keep a cool head and calm down. Do not show signs of worry. Try to take a breather and take a break if you have to, as long as it keeps you level headed. Worrying about the future is one mistake most employees automatically make, and it could lead to silly mistakes that could hinder their chances for possible reinstatement. Do not make this mistake and calm down for awhile. Make sure that the details of your termination are correct and that everything is final before you start vacating.  Read more...

Whether you may be disabled or not disabled, it is your right as a consumer to be made accessible to the goods and services you wish to purchase from sellers. The consumer’s basic rights should always be made accessible to you.

A company that aims to provide basic services and commodities to consumers should not discriminate against the disabled and the disfigured as this might be the last thing they will ever do. Disabled people are protected by anti-discrimination rights that prevent them from being discrimination by any company that offers services. Hotels, building and architecture, schools, the police, banks, air planes, theaters and opera houses, movie houses, the church, hospitals, courts of law and public transportation are just some of them.

If a company is found to be discriminate against a disabled person by offering them sub-standard services or goods or providing services not up to par with what they are advertising, then they can be sued for by the disabled person. If a handicapped person is in need of a wheelchair while traveling, the airplane should be ready to provide one as well as they should be expected to have one ready. If a hotel refuses to service a mute and deaf man because no one understands sign language, that itself is discrimination. The hotel should be service ready to provide and adjust to anyone.  Read more...

In every country, every state has its own law that governs both employers and employee. However, the common belief is that employers are not allowed to terminate someone based on their race, religion, sex, national origin, age or disability. There are still other states who still do not have a law with protecting rights regarding respect for sexual orientation and marital status but they are moving forwards with those rights.

Employers cannot terminate an employment relationship with regards to righting wrong doings, like whistle blowers or because of retaliation. If the employee knows that he will be breaking company policy and refuses to do such an order, the employer may not fire him as per his wishes. Basically, there is a rule that states how an employee can be protected from discriminate termination by an abusive higher authority.

An employee is protected from unlawful termination if the employer engages in discrimination. Discrimination in itself, already warrants criminal behavior and if actions are made based upon the influence of discrimination; the law will deal with it. In example, if a woman is terminated because she is pregnant then she can deliver a complaint stating her case as well as a plea for reinstatement due to unlawful termination.  Read more...

The term employment at will states that the employer can fire an employee at any time for any good or bad reason or none at all at any time. For no reason, yes, but if the reason is more on discrimination and retaliation, it is a crime and can be revoked by the law. But it’s not only about the employer. Employment at will also states that the employee himself can break off the contract.

The employee can have a good reason or a personal reason for quitting the job. Whether that reason is good enough, it is his. But since the employee is the one dependent on the employer for his pay, it is usually the employer who has the power to terminate the employee more than the employee terminating his own contract. This sort of “oppression” is confirmed by the courts, and this insecurity on their tenure sometimes disturbs employees.

The employee holds the right to resist being terminated by the employee on grounds of his rules as an employee of the company. For example, the presence of administrative ruling can restrict the employer from simply firing anyone he dislikes. If a worker is sent to do a dangerous life-threatening task outside his job description, that is not a reason for the employer to fire him.  Read more...

There are a whole lot of different kinds of payments an employee can receive when leaving the company. The first variation that they might get is getting their severance payment in different forms: lump sum payments, salary, period payments, unused vacation and sick pay, or stock payments.

Lump sum payment is the amount you receive that is agreed upon by both employer and employee and is given as one time payment. There are no further deals, no agreements, or any kind of talks between both parties. The payment is given in full with no strings attached and no further payments whatsoever. These payments are large, naturally, so the employee should exercise caution when spending it, because it will be the last form of payment they will get before they find a new job. Once it’s gone, it’s gone.

Salary form allows the employee to remain on the payroll even after his or her contract had expired. They receive paychecks and are eligible for benefits just like any regular employee is. Insurance benefits are also part of the package. However, the unemployed is treated like a regular employee, so the benefit of unemployment insurance does not work on them. The salary period continues until the whole payment is finished.  Read more...

Private companies and employees involved in the private sector of society are assumed to be riding a wave called the free employment scheme. This is also called the “employment at will” doctrine where both employer and employee are free to end their working relationships without any pretense or prior reason for as long as it does not breach the contents of their signed contracts. An employer may declare bankruptcy for example, and has to let go of his employees, or the employee has to leave the company to leave for a faraway place even before his contract ends.

However, cases do exists where the employer can be charged for criminal activity by the law if he is found out to have terminated an employee due to discrimination. Several state and federal laws require the employer to fire an employee within reason. Terminating an employee’s contract because of their sexual orientation, race, national origin, disability and such is considered discrimination.

Discrimination by itself is not a criminal act, but it starts doing so when actions are based upon them, especially those that involve assault and harassment. The government, at least most of the bodies, have taken it to themselves to address this issue by creating a main point of focus for the creation and development of laws to counter this.  Read more...

One of the nightmares a dedicated employee might get during their career is being handed the termination slip, or a notice that their business relationship is now over. This has been referred to as by many employees by the name “Pink Slip of Doom”. Employees usually go into shock first, especially when they are least expecting to get terminated and often ask the question “what happens now” rather than “what did I do to deserve this?”

The latter question is correct. The employee should not impulsively go up and at it, take his or her belongings, pack up and leave without asking first why. The question goes with what could they have done in order to have been handed the pink slip, and then reviewing what they could have been doing up to this moment in time. Take the company handbook, try to see what possible violations might have occurred, and if you see nothing wrong with what you’ve done, see if your termination was done legally.  Read more...

When termination is standing on your footsteps, there are always a few bad feelings that can get to you. Resentment, probably guilt too, tormenting the employee that was terminated. But do not forget the most important thing when saying your goodbye to your employer. Be courteous. Do not settle with making a bad impression for your employer and your colleagues by making something bad before leaving the office.

When first applying for a job, the reason why the company hires you was because they find you reliant and also because of your first good impression. Good impressions denote that you are a strong, reliant character that the company can depend upon. It is important for a company to have strong characters. So when saying goodbye, do not lose that strength and make a good final impression too.

A good final impression denotes professionalism on another level. It also helps you when getting your next job, as a company that bears no ill will towards you can help you get a new job. Do not do anything bad that could hinder your job when leaving because it could deter your employment into the next company.  Read more...

Gender discrimination is when an employer discriminates an applicant or an employee because of their gender, with either female or male. This usually covers women more than men because most of the complainant’s population are female. However, it is not entirely strange to hear men being discriminated as well, not to mention the homosexual employee too. The law requires that each and every employee should be equally paid, equally given the same amount of work inside the office, without discrimination.

Sexual discrimination is a broad topic that covers all grounds of sexual-related harassment in the office or in the work environment. Sexual harassment is broad, covering either the coercion of sexual favors or creating hostile working environments for a person of a different gender. Pregnancy discrimination can also be considered gender discrimination, since only women get pregnant, not to mention the denial of their rights and equal treatment count as another form of discrimination.

Each gender should receive equal pay for equal work done. There has to be no special favors, no special treatment for both gender. An employee should be protected from all elements that can harass their character because of their gender inside or outside the office premises. These are some of the requirements that should be noted for the fight against gender discrimination.  Read more...