Harkin Promises Approval of Sexual Orientation ...       November 6, 2009
News: A pivotal senator on employment issues predicts congressional approval next year of legislation that would ban workplace discrimination against homosexuals.
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California Appeals Court Rules History of ...       October 16, 2009
News: Despite a lengthy pattern of accommodating a disabled employee, a single failure to accommodate the worker violated California's anti-discrimination law, a state appeals court ruled in a decision published Thursday, October 15.
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Judge Rules New York City Fire Department Exams ...       July 28, 2009
News: The federal government, a black firefighters organization and three other plaintiffs had sued the fire department, alleging the citya (TM)s use of the two tests had a disparate impact on black and Hispanic candidates in violation of Title ...
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Obama to Nominate NAACP Attorney as EEOC Chair       July 17, 2009
News: President Barack Obama says he plans to nominate Jacqueline A. Berrien as chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Bank of America Accused of Gender Discrimination ...       July 10, 2009
News: Bank of America finds itself back in hot water over retention bonuses at its recently acquired Merrill Lynch unit. Furor is being raised by female employees who say they received much smaller bonus checks than their male colleagues.
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Study Links Race, Ethnicity to 401(k) Participatio ...       July 8, 2009
News: White and Asian employees, regardless of pay, are far more likely to participate in 401(k) plans and to make bigger plan contributions than African-American and Hispanic employees, according to a new study.
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High Court Ruling in Employee Testing Complicates ...       July 6, 2009
News: Employers have less flexibility in implementing affirmative action and diversity programs as a result of last week's US Supreme Court decision in a reverse discrimination case brought by firefighters passed over for promotion in New Haven, ...
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Heidrick Announces Diversity Recruiting Deal       May 20, 2009
News: The deal calls for Heidrick to give at least 10 percent of its work for Marsh & McLennan to women- and minority-owned executive search firms.
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5 Questions for Carl Brooks: Minorities in the C ...       April 23, 2009
Feature: No matter what he does during his tenure, President Barack Obama will be remembered in history as the first African-American president of the United States. Although that glass ceiling has been broken, much work remains to be done to ...
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