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Workplace Discrimination

Lila Shapiro

A Tale Of Two Exxon Mobil Applicants

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.24.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: Lgbt-Employment-Discrimination, Gay Rights, Workplace Discrimination, Exxon Mobil Lgbt Rights, Exxon Mobil, Employment, Freedom to Work, Gay Voices News, Employment Discrimination, Civil Rights, Gay Voices News

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

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Exxon Mobil Accused Of Rejecting Job Applicants Based On Sexual Orientation

AP | By DAVID CRARY | Posted 05.23.2013 | Business
Read More: Department of Human Rights, Video, Exxon Anti Gay, Workplace Discrimination, Exxon Mobil, Exxon Mobil Gay Discrimination, Human Rights Campaign, Exxon Mobil Homosexual Bias, Exxon Mobil Anti-Gay, Ap, Business News

NEW YORK (AP) — One after another, major U.S. corporations have updated anti-discrimination policies to protect gay, lesbian and transgender workers...

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Watching This Clip From 'The Office' Makes Your Lunch Taste Funny

The Huffington Post | Caroline Fairchild | Posted 05.16.2013 | Business
Read More: Workplace Lunch, Workplace Injustice, Workplace Stress, Workplace Discrimination, Sense of Taste, Work Lunch, Video, Business News

Ever noticed that your lunch tastes a little funny after the boss treats you unfairly? No? Well science says it's true. Yes, somehow, experiencing ...

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No Second-Class Families

Benjamin Todd Jealous | Posted 05.10.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Immigration, Workplace Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Racial Profiling, Naacp, African Americans, Diversity Visas, Black Voices News
Benjamin Todd Jealous

As Dr. King said, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. African Americans have spent much of our history fighting for fair treatment and equal opportunity. We must also offer support to our immigrant brothers and sisters.

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Why You Don't Have to Take It Anymore!

Allison Hope | Posted 05.02.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Lesbian Rights, Discrimination, Workplace Discrimination, Gay Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Gay Voices News
Allison Hope

We queers are still operating below citizenship status and have a long way to go before we secure our status as protected minority. What we do now have, though, that we never did before, is the official right and privilege to be mad. C'mon, you know you're angry.

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A Pathway to Citizenship Should Create a Pathway to Workplace Protections

Victor Narro | Posted 04.30.2013 | Los Angeles
Read More: Los Angeles News, Immigration Reform, Minimum Wage, Labor, Workplace Rights, Gang of 8, E-Verify, Low Wages, Immigration, Workplace Violations, Workplace Discrimination, Immigration Legislation, Los Angeles News
Victor Narro

The nexus between a pathway to citizenship and workplace protections must not be through an employment verification system. This did not work in 1986 with IRCA's employer sanction laws and it will not work today.

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'Please Help Me: I Have Not Come Out, And I'm Not Sure I Want To'

Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 04.24.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: Gay Voices, President Obama, Workplace Discrimination, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Politics, Enda, Lgbt Workplace Discrimination, Gay Voices News, Michelangelo Signorile, Gay Rights, Obama Gay Rights, Gay Voices News
Michelangelo Signorile

Americans hold dear the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But for gay people trapped in the closet under fear of losing their jobs, life offers anything but liberty and happiness.

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Immigration Reform Alone Will Not End Workplace Violations

Victor Narro | Posted 04.08.2013 | Los Angeles
Read More: Immigration Reform, Minimum Wage, Low Wages, Workplace Violations, Workplace Discrimination, Workplace Rights, Los Angeles News
Victor Narro

History shows that citizenship alone will not lead to fair workplaces. It is up to us to change the course of history and put fair workplaces at the center of any policy, including immigration reform

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How To Deal With An Ageist Boss

Kristen Houghton | Posted 05.14.2013 | Fifty
Read More: Older Women, Workplace Discrimination, Young Boss, Ageism, The Female Boss, Younger Boss, Women in Business, Age Discrimination, Age Discrimination Workplace, Livebetteramerica-Relationships, Fifty News
Kristen Houghton

While the majority of Gen-X, Gen-Y and Baby Boomers work very well together and respect each other, there are a few in the minority who appear to be on a power trip. Unfortunately that trip causes an adverse impact on capable, talented older workers.

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Have You Experienced Sexism In The Workplace? (POLL)

Posted 02.21.2013 | MarloThomas
Read More: Mondays With Marlo, Marlo Thomas, Poll, Workplace Discrimination, Sexism at Work, Sexism, MarloThomas News

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Christian Rock Club Employee Claims He Was Fired For Shirt Suppoting Same-Sex Marriage

The Huffington Post | Meredith Bennett-Smith | Posted 01.23.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: Hostage Calm Supports Same-Sex Marriage, Rocketown, Same-Sex Marriage Shirt, Workplace Discrimination, Nashville Emplyee Fired for T-Shirt, Lgbt Workplace Discrimination, Wes Breedwell Same-Sex Marriage, Hostage Calm Shirt, Wes Breedwell Fired, Gay Voices News

An employee at a Christian music club in Nashville, Tenn., says he was fired Monday for wearing a shirt with a pro-same-sex marriage message. Wes B...

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Why Divorced Dads Get Short Shrift At Work

Posted 01.18.2013 | Divorce
Read More: Single Parents Working, Work Life Balance, Divorced Dads, Workplace Discrimination, Single Parents, Single Father, Parenting After Divorce, Single Fathers Working, Single Parent Discrimination, Single Dads, Divorced Parents, Divorce News

By Robert Anthony for YourTango.com There's no denying that regardless of time and progress, men still hold the advantage in the workplace. The tid...

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Hunter Stuart

Barclays Fires Woman After Son Diagnosed With Cancer

HuffingtonPost.com | Hunter Stuart | Posted 01.17.2013 | Business
Read More: Barclays Lawsuit, Women in the Workplace, Workplace Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Barclays Capital, Rachel Walsh, Barclays New York, Mom Sues Barclays, Harman Firm, Barclays Fires, Barclays, Business News

NEW YORK -- A former Barclays employee who was fired from her job after her infant son was diagnosed with cancer -- a move that caused her to lose her...

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WATCH: I Was Fired For Being Hot

The Huffington Post | Lindsay Wilkes-Edrington | Posted 01.11.2013 | Business
Read More: HuffPost Live, Hot Workers, Dentist Assistant Fired for Being Hot, Fired for Being Irresistible, Melissa Nelson, Workplace Discrimination, Iowa Fired for Being Too Attractive, Melissa Nelson Fired Being Too Attractive, Fired for Being Hot, Video, Melissa Nelson Iowa, Business News, Debrahlee Lorenzana, Fired for Being Too Attractive, Dentist Fires Assistant for Being Attractive, Iowa Dental Assistant Fired for Being Too Attractive, Lauren Odes, Business News

Melissa Nelson worked as a dental assistant for 10 years and thought she would make it her lifelong career. But that dream came to a sudden end in 201...

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30 Days Of Holiday LGBT Giving: Affirmations LGBT Community Center In Detroit

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.24.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Lgbt, Detroit Lgbt, Gay Rights, LGBT Community, Affirmations Community Center, Workplace Discrimination, LGBT Rights, Detroit, Affirmations Detroit, LGBT Community Center, Michigan Lgbt, Affirmations, Video, Gay Voices News

Note: This holiday season, in lieu of a traditional holiday gift guide, we'll be featuring a different LGBT organization each day for our "30 Days Of ...

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All-Male Court: Totally Legal To Fire Workers For Being Hot

AP | RYAN J. FOLEY | Posted 12.23.2012 | Business
Read More: Weird Firings, Hot Workers, Video, Workplace Discrimination, Irresistible Workers, Female Workers, Business News, Bosses Irresistible Workers, Legal Workplace Discrimination, Business News

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- A dentist acted legally when he fired an assistant that he found attractive simply because he and his wife viewed the woman as a th...

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Lucasfilm Faces New Accusation of Pregnancy Discrimination

Jonathan Handel | Posted 01.06.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Lucasfilm, Pregnancy, Discrimination, Entertainment News, Workplace Discrimination, Breaking Entertainment News, Breaking News, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

  Computer visual effects artist Luis Pages says Lucasfilm Singapore promised inaccurately that he'd have broad medical insurance if he reloc...

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Christina Wilkie

Too Fat To Work? Advocates Debate Whether Obesity Is Disability

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 10.04.2012 | Business
Read More: Obesity in the Workplace, Obesity Discrimination, Video, Americans With Disabilities Act, Workplace Discrimination, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Gastric Bypass, Obesity Epidemic, Obesity in America, Americans With Disabilities, Obesity, Obesity Disability, Eeoc, Fat Discrimination, Business News

"I've been a fat person all my life," said Peggy Howell, 65, of Las Vegas, Nevada. "I went from being a chubby kid to a fat teenager to a fat adult." ...

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Did Bank Of America Really Do That?

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 09.21.2012 | Business
Read More: Daniel Herrmann, Emily Town, Merrill Lynch, Disabled, Americans With Disabilities Act, Pennsylvania, Workplace Discrimination, Bank of America Lawsuit, Merrill Lynch Bank of America, Bank of America, Lawsuit, Video, Business News

Daniel Herrmann, whose right hand, arm and leg were disabled in a car accident, had a good thing going at Merrill Lynch. The company gave him a left-h...

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Workplace Discrimination Is On The Rise For Caregivers

Posted 08.31.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Discrimination in Workplace, Aarp, Employee Discrimination, Caregiving, Caregiver, Workplace Discrimination, Family Responsibilities Discrimination, Video, Fifty News

As more Americans take on the responsibility of caring for elderly loved ones, there has been an increase in workplace discrimination targeting caregi...

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Janell Ross

Lawsuit: CEO Wanted To Fire Exec Because Of Her Accent

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 08.07.2012 | Latino Voices
Read More: Katz, Stu Olds, Workplace Discrimination, Laura Hagan, Clear Channel, Radio, Stu Olds Katz, Laura Hagan Univision, Spanish-Language Media, Civil Suit, Stu Olds Univision, Univision, Univision Discrimination Lawsuit, Lawsuit, Univision Laura Hagan, Latino Voices News

The now-deceased CEO of America's largest Spanish-language radio network ridiculed a Latino executive’s accent, complained about her age, paid her l...

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On the First Anniversary of Wal-Mart v. Dukes: Stand Up or Be Trampled

Deborah J. Vagins | Posted 08.20.2012 | Politics
Read More: Walmart, Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Workplace Discrimination, Workplace, Wal-Mart, Politics News
Deborah J. Vagins

One year ago today, the Supreme Court's decision in Wal-Mart v. Dukes prohibited the women of Wal-Mart from joining together to fight discrimination in a single lawsuit.

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Steelworker Awarded $25M In NY Racial Discrimination Lawsuit

AP | Posted 08.13.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Racial Discrimination Suit, Arcelormittal, Steelworkers, Workplace Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Steelworker Lawsuit, Black Voices News

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A federal court jury has awarded $25 million in damages to a western New York steel plant employee who says his bosses failed to...

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Dave Jamieson

Guest Workers Claim They Were Forced To Work 24-Hour Shifts

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 06.11.2012 | Business
Read More: Video, Labor, Workers, Workplace Discrimination, Labor Department, Work Visas, Mexico, Mexican Workers, Immigration, Visas, National-Guestworker-Alliance, Guest Workers, H-2b, Seafood, Business News

A group of Mexican guest workers at a seafood processing plant in Louisiana have walked off the job and sent a complaint to the U.S. Labor Department,...

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Major Airline Accused Of Workplace Discrimination

Reuters | Posted 07.29.2012 | Business
Read More: Reuters, Video, Racial Bias, Workplace Discrimination, United Airlines, Racism, Discrimination, United Airlines Bias Suit, United Airlines Suit, Business News

May 29 (Reuters) - Two dozen black pilots alleged in a lawsuit on Tuesday that United Continental Holdings, the parent of United Airlines, passed th...

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