Work wouldn’t be called work if it was easy, but sometimes you can run into difficulties in your career that are entirely unacceptable. Happily, you don’t have to suffer such situations in silence. In fact, you can use the advice discussed below to help your career get back on track.
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Discrimination
No one likes to think that discrimination is something that can happen in the workplace, but sadly it is quite common. In fact, many people experience prejudice based on their gender, race, sexuality, or disability on a regular basis.
The good news is that such discrimination is not legal, and your employer should have measures in place to at least deal with the incidence of this when it occurs, if not to prevent it happening altogether.
Of course, being a victim of this sort of treatment can be incredibly damaging to a person’s self-esteem, morale, and so their attainment in their career. To that end, it is vital that you make your employers aware of any discrimination that is occurring, and then escalate this to a legal matter if nothing is done.
Endangerment
Your employer has a responsibility to take care of your safety in the workplace, and if this is not happening it can be hugely distracting to your career.
Of course, the key here is to make them aware of anything you feel is unsafe immediately, and feel free to not agree to a task if it will endanger your health and safety at work! After all, no job or career is worth engineer your life for.
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Wage theft
Another, problem that is frequent in the workplace is when employees are not providing with the payment, they are due for the tasks they complete. This is an issue known as wage theft and can happen when the minimum wage isn’t paid, or you aren’t provided with the right paperwork for your salary. It can even occur when employers refuse to pay for overtime!
However, those facing such an issue are not without recourse. In fact, many lawyers specialize in wage theft issues and claiming unpaid salaries for victims this crime. To that end contacting a lawyer with previous experience in this field is the best way to reclaim what is rightfully yours, allowing you to focus on the day to day management of your career.
Bullying
Lastly, when it comes to derailing your career few things can have such an adverse effect as bullying, something that can rob the victim of all their conference! Sadly, while we may think if it that is something more likely to happen in the playground rather than the office, it does occur in the workplace as well.
To deal with this, you may choose one of several methods. The first would be to confront the person that you believe to be bullying you. Although, it likely that this action will not be received in the best manner.
Alternatively, it may be more constructive to ask your employer to resolve with the issue for you. Something that can help make your work environment much more pleasant and so help you to get back to focusing on the important aspects of your career.