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Employment Discrimination

How Veterans Can Combat Employment Discrimination

Sudy Bharadwaj | Posted 05.29.2013 | Business
Sudy Bharadwaj

If you are a veteran about to tackle the job market, it's important to understand your rights and know how to combat employment discrimination if you're faced with it. Here's how.

Lila Shapiro

A Tale Of Two Exxon Mobil Applicants

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.24.2013 | Gay Voices

Jennifer Priston and Michelle Caland are similar in many respects. They both live in Springfield, Ill., attended the same high school and graduated fr...

Why ENDA's Religious Exemption Must Be Narrowed

Ian Thompson | Posted 05.01.2013 | Gay Voices
Ian Thompson

Of all the various bills in Congress impacting LGBT people, ENDA is the most important. And though significant and important changes have been made, one really bad provision is unchanged from past versions of the bill.

The Difficult Issue of Attractiveness Discrimination

Brad Reid | Posted 03.12.2013 | Business
Brad Reid

Civil rights judicial decisions have prohibited gender-stereotyping in the workplace. Should appearance and attractiveness stereotyping become a part of this doctrine?

Mr. President, Act Now

Anthony Michael Kreis | Posted 01.14.2013 | Gay Voices
Anthony Michael Kreis

President Obama can issue an executive order banning discrimination by federal contractors on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The White House punted on the issue in the spring. Mr. President, the time for action is now.

Christina Wilkie

Supreme Court Will Define What A 'Supervisor' Is

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 10.03.2012 | Business

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court, in the term that began Monday, will rule on at least two disputes that could have a major impact on how employees fig...

White Denial and Black Middle-Class Realities (Part 1)

Dr. David J. Leonard | Posted 10.16.2012 | Black Voices
Dr. David J. Leonard

Whites with felony convictions are more likely to be hired than African Americans without any criminal background. You can wish away these facts, and erase these experiences, but denial and silence will not lead to change.

Jillian Berman

Ex-Benz Employees Claim They Were Subject To Racial Discrimination, Fired For Bringing It Up

HuffingtonPost.com | Jillian Berman | Posted 08.09.2012 | Business

Two employees of a Manhattan Mercedes-Benz dealership claim they were subject to racial discrimination at work and then fired after bringing this issu...

Your Tats Could Cost You A Job Offer

Posted 08.07.2012 | Business

Job-seekers all over the world are finding that their tats may be costing them a job opportunity. The Takasu Clinic, which has cosmetic surgery ce...

Be A Proud Ally Year-Round

Nancy K. Kaufman | Posted 08.28.2012 | Gay Voices
Nancy K. Kaufman

The more your speech and behavior contributes to the general sense that being LGBT is normal, the more LGBT persons will be able to enjoy acceptance and normality in everyday life. And the more others who believe in equality will be empowered to say so.

Lila Shapiro

ExxonMobil Shareholder Pushes Expanded Protections For LGBT Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2012 | Gay Voices

Corporate America has taken bold strides over the past decade, with many companies expanding protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender em...

Do You Think It's Fair...

Brad Lander | Posted 07.17.2012 | New York
Brad Lander

Many employers in New York City and across the country routinely use credit reports to discriminate against job applicants with poor credit histories. This puts people in a cruel Catch-22.

Feds Update Criminal Background Check Policies, In Aim To Prevent Discrimination

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 04.26.2012 | Business

WASHINGTON -- Is an arrest in a barroom brawl 20 years ago a job disqualifier? Not necessarily, the government said Wednesday in new guidelines on how...

Father Rick

Larry Womack | Posted 04.14.2012 | Politics
Larry Womack

If we are going to have a serious argument about civil liberties, specifically freedom of religion, I fail to see how anyone can argue that our first amendment rights are best left to interpretation by church oligarchs.

Out In The Workplace? Some U.S. Industries Are Setting An Example

Kyle Knight | Posted 03.13.2012 | Gay Voices
Kyle Knight

More and more, successful firms are realizing the value of having LGBT-friendly environments -- as the politically and strategically correct thing to do. Such companies have made strides in understanding and addressing the underlying dynamics.

Mike Sacks

Supreme Court Shields Church From Minister's Lawsuit

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 01.11.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Employees of religious organizations whose job duties reflect "a role in conveying the Church's message and carrying out its mission" ar...

Memo to Obama: Push for Jobs, Don't Shove Employers

Adam Levin | Posted 11.29.2011 | Business
Adam Levin

Does it really make sense to elevate unemployment to a protected status with race, creed, national origin or anything else protected by the Constitution?

Arthur Delaney

Age Discrimination Harder To Fight Amid Record Unemployment For Older Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.29.2011 | Politics

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

Who Cares About LGBT Workers?

Darren Hutchinson | Posted 09.30.2011 | Politics
Darren Hutchinson

Class issues matter for LGBT individuals. Economic concerns exist outside of marriage. And job security is a concern for civilian LGBT workers.

Laura Bassett

Employers Still Ruling Out Jobless Applicants: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 09.11.2011 | Business

Employers are still discriminating against unemployed people in their online job ads despite an increase of scrutiny on hiring practices, a new report...

Laura Bassett

The Unemployed Can Now Apply: New Jersey Bans Discriminatory Job Ads

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 06.25.2011 | Business

In New Jersey, it is no longer legal for employers to specify in their job ads that unemployed persons will not be considered. Gov. Chris Christie ...

Labor and the LGBT Community

Tobias Barrington Wolff | Posted 06.03.2011 | Politics
Tobias Barrington Wolff

Labor rights is an LGBT issue. Showing up to help labor in their current struggle is not an act of altruism, it is the satisfaction of a reciprocal obligation.

The Walmart Class Action and the Culture of Discrimination

Kent Greenfield | Posted 05.30.2011 | Business
Kent Greenfield

If the questions earlier this week at the Supreme Court hearing about the huge discrimination suit again Walmart are any indication, it looks like hundreds of thousands of women are about to lose.

Laura Bassett

New Bill Would Ban Discrimination Against The Jobless

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

WASHINGTON -- Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, employers cannot discriminate against applicants based on race, color, religion, sex, or nation...

Laura Bassett

EEOC Asks: Are Employers Discriminating Against The Jobless?

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

A Craigslist job ad posted Feb. 6 for a $25-per-hour customer relations position in San Francisco encourages men, women, and students to apply, "No Ex...