By Rights... Answers to Your Human Rights Questions

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• Ladies nights and age discrimination
• Harassment of student regarded as gay
• COLA denied for nonunion workers
• Does employee need letter from physician?
• Sexual comments and whistleblower law
• Abusive employer just yells louder
• Is requiring applicant to list all jobs age discrimination?
• Can condo bylaws keep out kids?

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• What determines one's disability status?
• Who pays when an employer requires a physical?
• Failure to accommodate reprisal?
• Can you be fired for taking time off work to look for daycare?
• Must employer grant a leave of absence for chemical dependency treatment?
• Is it illegal to discriminate against a person of a lower "rank?"
• Fired because of a disability?
• Does boss's yelling constitute discrimination?

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• Can a landlord refuse to rent an apartment because of age?
• Can my boss refuse to let me take a vacation?
• Can an employer jokingly threaten to fire someone?
• Can a medical center require employees to be vaccinated?
• Can employees be required to sign in and out for restroom breaks?
• Fired for taking down a cartoon? What are employee's rights?
• Must assisted living facilities provide accessible automatic doors?

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• Can Previous Employers Still Give You a Bad Reference?
• Can Employer Require Hmong Employees to Speak English Only?
• Must Employer Provide Pregnant Employee with "Light Duty"?
• Must Company Provide Separate Facilities for Newly-Hired Women on Construction Crew?
• Can Fast-Food Restaurant Fire My Daughter for "Rolling Her Eyes"?
• Can They Fire My Kids Because They're Firing Me?
• Can My College Force Me to Live On-Campus?
• How Long Can I Wait To File a Civil Suit?

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• Can a Landlord Evict for Too Many Domestic Abuse Calls?
• Can an Employer Dictate Female Skirt Length?
• Do Employees Charging Sexual Harassment Have a Right to Know What Action Was Taken?

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• Are Cost of Living Raises Required?
• Can You Be Paid Less Because Your Spouse Works for the Same Place?
• Must City Accommodate a Pregnant Police Officer?

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• Drug-Free Workplaces Polices: What's Legal
• Did Pregnancy Lead To Job Loss?
• Discrimination Defined

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• Can 80-Year-Old Mother Break Her Lease?
• Must Full-Time Employees Get Paid Breaks?
• College Student Seeks Disability Accommodation

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• A Hostile Environment for Pregnant Co-worker?
• Criminal Conviction Jeopardizes Job Search
• Gender Slur Still Makes Co-worker Uncomfortable

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• Can My Boss Make Me Work Seven Days a Week?
• Can An Employer Read Your Email?
• How Many Can Live in a One-Bedroom Apartment?

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• Can Uncle Cut Pregnant Niece's Wages?
• When Can a Landlord Evict Your "Guests"?
• Is Boss "Playing Favorites" or Discriminating?

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• Employer Dress Code Conflicts with Job Applicant's Religion
• Landlord Seeks to ID Tenants
• Nursing Mom Wants to Know Her Rights

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• Are Prayer Sessions Permissible in the Workplace?
• What Can I Do about a Rude Co-Worker?

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• A Felony Conviction Gets Employee Fired
• Can "Cost-of-living" Increases be Conditioned on "Merit"?
• When Can a Landlord Raise the Rent?

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• Can I Quit and Intolerable Job and Collect "Unemployment?
• Drug Bust Gets Innocent Roommate Evicted
• Can an Employer Require Workers to Speak English Only?

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• Co-worker "Goes Ballistic" Hotel Worker
• Sexually Harassed by Guest
• Green Card Required to File Discrimination Claim?

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• A Mother's Right to Nurse at Work
• Lack of Seniority Leads to "Unfair" Treatment?

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• Sexual Harassment on the Job
• Termination Follows Transplant Procedure

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• How Landlords Must Reasonably Accommodate Tenants
• Pregnant Employee Faces Harassment

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• Must an Employer Follow its Own Handbook?
• Belated Background Check Leads to Termination

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• Can SPAM Victim File a Discrimination Charge?
• Boss Gives Favored Female Special Treatment
• Back Problems lead to Dismissal

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• Overbearing Manager Too Much to Bear
• Tenant Feels "Powerless" in Problem Apartment
• Time Limits for Filing a Discrimination Charge

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• A Cafeteria Owner's Proposition
• Suicidal Thoughts Lead to Dismissal
• Older Worker Faces Tough Schedule

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• Does a Boy Have a Right to Wear a Skirt to School?
• Can You be Fired for Expressing Your Opinions?

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• Child Support, Discrimination and the Courts
• Background Check Leads to Unemployment
• When Not to Ask When Checking References

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• Are You Entitled to a Truthful Reason for Termination?
• What to Do When a Teacher Won't Take a Disability Seriously
• Is it Discrimination When Someone Else Gets Preferential Treatment?

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• Can You File a Charge Because Someone Else Was Sexually Harassed?
• When Everybody Else Knows You're About to be Fired
• Policies on Prayer in the Workplace

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• Must a Landlord Accommodate a Tenant's Disabled Guest?
• Are "Waitress Wanted" Ads Illegal?
• Speaking Up for Gays Gets an Employee the "Cold Shoulder" From His Boss

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• A Boss's Unwelcome Comments About Asians
• An Employer Fires Back About a "Ridiculous" Discrimination Charge
• Can One be Discriminated Against for Being "Too Beautiful?"

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• Housing Discrimination and Unmarried Couples
• An Intern Worries About a Boss's Friendly Offer
• Can an Employer Require Workers to Speak "English-only?"

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• Prohibiting "Offensive" Magazines in the Workplace -- Equal Standards for His and Hers?
• Renting Out a Room -- When can a Landlord Discriminate?
• Lying About Your Health on a Job Application

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• When an Office Romance goes Sour -- What's an Employer to Do?
  
• Can a Landlord say, "too many Kids..."
  
• Must an Employer Hire a Woman Who is Seven Months Pregnant?
• A 14-Year-Old wonders About Age Discrimination
• Is a Supervisor Making "Illegal Use of Hands?"