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From the point of filing your United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission discrimination charge to the end of the investigation process, you will likely have waited approximately 10 months, although the investigation will begin within about 10 days. First 10...

Discrimination rears its ugly head in many aspects of life. Many of us would hope it would not play a part in medical care. Unfortunately, it does. A recent study reports that older adults, especially those of color, report having experienced racial or ethnic...

Everyone is entitled to a workplace free of harassment, and yet it persists. But harassment can take many different forms, namely falling into one of two categories – quid pro quo harassment or a hostile work environment – which have different requirements....

Both employees and employers alike often forget that pregnant employees have special protections under the law. Indeed, employees cannot be demoted, fired, demoted or have any other adverse action taken against them because of their pregnancy-related medical...

Residency is often one of the most difficult times of a doctor’s career – the hours, the workload and the expectations combine to create an environment that promotes stress. But not all doctors feel that stress equally, nor do they deal with it equally. And LGBT...

As people age in Pennsylvania, certain activities may become more difficult. They may not have the strength they once had when they were younger. Aging can also affect eyesight, hearing and fine motor skills as well. It can affect people cognitively as well, not just...

By the time they are in practice, doctors have generally worked very hard to achieve success and to come as close to perfection as possible. That striving for perfection as a physician is one of the main reasons that patients trust doctors in the first place. It is...