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29 Sep 2023, 10:20 pm by Carson Turner
In response, she calls on lawmakers to protect workers’ rights by enforcing laws against economic coercion, reclassifying independent contractors, and expanding social safety nets. [read post]
21 Sep 2023, 7:20 am by Robin E. Kobayashi
The authors have conducted the first national study of workplace violence against young people in our country. [read post]
11 Sep 2023, 9:21 am by Sean Kirby and Jamie Moelis
Takeaways and Best Practices New York City joins several other jurisdictions in protecting individuals against height and/or weight discrimination in the workplace, including Binghamton, New York; Madison, Wisconsin; Urbana, Illinois; Washington, D.C.; San Francisco and Santa Cruz, California; and the State of Michigan. [read post]
31 Aug 2023, 10:02 pm by Mary Anne Peck
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan warned that AI is turbocharging fraud , raising a litany of concerns with regulators, law enforcement and people in the financial industry. [read post]
14 Aug 2023, 1:20 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A cloud technology company is in hot water with the Equal Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) for discriminating against a deaf applicant. [read post]
27 Jul 2023, 9:11 am by Deliverypath Service
  Claims before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination generally have a very short 300-day statute of limitation. [read post]
25 Jul 2023, 6:00 am by DONALD SCARINCI
Equally, the government could force a male website designer married to another man to design websites for an organization that advocates against same-sex marriage. [read post]
3 Jul 2023, 11:11 am by Dale Carpenter
As a matter of statute, Colorado regards discrimination based on opposition to same-sex marriage as a form of anti-gay discrimination in the same way that a ban of wearing yarmulkes is a form of discrimination against Jews. [read post]
3 Jul 2023, 9:46 am by Katharine O. Beattie
  The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) has provided guidance to employers to determine if conduct would be considered “within the workplace. [read post]
30 Jun 2023, 8:20 am by Eugene Volokh
Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc. (1995), the Court found that Massachusetts impermissibly compelled speech in violation of the First Amendment when it sought to force parade organizers to accept participants who would "affec[t] the[ir] message. [read post]
15 Jun 2023, 8:00 am
District Court for the Massachusetts (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. [read post]
2 Jun 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Candidates of Color Yahoo News – Jonathan Weisman and Trip Gabriel (New York Times) | Published: 6/1/2023 In bolstering their own biographies with stories of overcoming discrimination, Republican candidates of color running for the president have put forth views about race that at times appear at odds with their view of the country – often denying the existence of a system of racism in America while describing situations that sound just like it. [read post]
16 May 2023, 7:00 am by Julia Spiegel
Hiring practices also provide a vehicle to protect the rights of vulnerable populations – for instance, to protect against formerly incarcerated individuals being discriminated against when seeking employment. [read post]
13 May 2023, 8:32 am by admin
” With 44 out of 51 City Council members voting in favor of the bill, it reflects a growing national campaign against weight discrimination. [read post]
For instance, in Delaware it is illegal to discriminate against an employee because they are a family caregiver, a volunteer firefighter or member of the firefighter’s women’s auxiliary. [read post]
12 Apr 2023, 8:00 am
Equal Emplo­yment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it had filed a disability discrimination lawsuit against Otis Elevator Company for failing to reasonably accommodate an employee’s disabilities (and retaliating against him).Apparently, an assistant mechanic out in Canton, Massachusetts, was unable “to effectively process sounds and voices while on a crowded and noisy construction site” due to his autism spectrum disorder… [read post]
7 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Dominion’s Historic Defamation Case Against Fox News Will Go to Trial, Judge Rules, in Major Decision Dismantling Key Fox Defenses MSN – Marshall Cohen (CNN) | Published: 3/31/2023 Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation case against Fox News will proceed to a jury trial, a judge ruled, in a decision that dismantled several of the network’s key defenses. [read post]
23 Feb 2023, 9:47 am by Reference Staff
The community suffered from systemic discrimination by local residents and the federal government, experienced a severe draught, and lost the land to foreclosure. [read post]
17 Feb 2023, 11:47 am by Reference Staff
As an example, Black farmers lost about ninety percent of their land between 1910 and 1997 due to discrimination in lending and zoning as well as legal theft. [read post]