Hiring Discrimination

Chipotle Facing Criminal Probe

Reuters | Posted 05.23.2012

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May 22 (Reuters) - Mexican food chain Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc said on Tuesday that federal prosecutors are conducting an investigation into possi...

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Dave Jamieson

FedEx To Pay $3 Million Over Hiring Discrimination Charges

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Shipping giant FedEx has agreed to pay $3 million to settle federal charges that the company had a widespread pattern of discriminating ...

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Food Importer To Pay Big To Settle Hiring Discrimination Suit

AP | Posted 11.18.2011

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SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. -- A Southern California Asian food importer has agreed to pay $400,000 in back wages and interest to 71 women who were rejec...

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Arthur Delaney

Civil Rights, Labor Advocates Demand End To Employment Credit Checks

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.11.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A coalition of 25 civil rights and labor advocacy groups petitioned one of the nation's largest credit-monitoring firms on Tuesday to qu...

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Arthur Delaney

Age Discrimination Harder To Fight Amid Record Unemployment For Older Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.29.2011

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A federal judge dismissed an age discrimination case from 18 former employees of the Dallas Morning News in March, repeatedly citing a recent Supreme ...

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Arthur Delaney

Obama: Discrimination Against Jobless 'Makes Absolutely No Sense'

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.30.2011

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President Obama said during a Tuesday radio show that hiring discrimination against the jobless "makes absolutely no sense" and that he supports legis...

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The Time Is Now To Stop Faith-Based Hiring Discrimination

Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy | Posted 08.23.2011

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Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy

Mr. President, it is time to restore religious freedom protections in federal contracts. I urge you, please, honor this historic anniversary by restoring the civil rights protections that began 70 years ago this week.

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Carrot or Stick, What Will It Take for Employers to Consider Unemployed Job Candidates?

Wendy N. Powell | Posted 07.27.2011

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Wendy N. Powell

At any time, and in a heartbeat, any of us can become that unemployed job candidate. And if you are over the age of 50, look out; you may be prohibited from being considered for future employment at all..

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Laura Bassett

Big Retail Companies Require Job Applicants To Disclose Their Age

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ruth Lyons, 59, was born on April 28, 1951. But after two and a half years of not even being able to get an interview for a job, she decided that her...

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Feds Step Up Scrutiny Of Possibly-Discriminatory Hiring Practices

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Companies using criminal records or bad credit reports to screen out job applicants might run afoul of anti-discrimination laws as ...

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Firefighters and the Simmering Race Problem

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

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Deepak Chopra

What bothers me about the New Haven case isn't that somebody might get treated unfairly, although that's a serious concern, of course. It's the sad fact that no black firemen passed the test.

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