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Plastic Surgery: Your Own Personal Stimulus Package

Studies link better pay to better looks, so a face-lift helps you—and your surgeon

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Sep 11, 08 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rising gas prices, fewer jobs and the slumping economic has many craving a face-lift, literally. Most would-be patients make less than $60,000, so why not have "tax breaks on cosmetic surgery for low-income Americans," Rosa Brooks suggests in the Los Angeles Times . It’s a completely rational investment, she writes, since "we live in a society that rewards beauty (and penalizes ugliness)." More »

More about:  work • plastic surgery • cosmetic surgery • beauty • workplace discrimination

Supreme Court Backs Workers on Retaliation Suits

Justices affirm employees' right to sue

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times May 27, 08 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court today issued two rulings fortifying workplace-discrimination law, finding that employees can sue over retaliation for bias complaints. In one case, an 1866 law was used to protect a black employee who alleged he was fired after complaining about a black colleague’s treatment—though he’d failed to meet procedure requirements in more modern law, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

More about:  US Supreme Court • workplace discrimination • federal employees

OPINION

What the Candidates Should Be Talking About

LA Times editors take a break from nonsense and turn to issues

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Apr 28, 08 8:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Quick, before the public completely loses interest: Let’s leave aside “guns, bitterness, race, religion, geriatric radicals and other trivia,” and turn to real presidential political issues, Los Angeles Times editors write. They pose some questions that most need answering: For John McCain: You voted against giving workers extended time to file discrimination lawsuits. How will your alternative—education for victims—end biased practices? More »

More about:  Barack Obama • John McCain • Hillary Clinton • ethanol • enemy combatants • executive power • workplace discrimination • troop drawdown

House Bans Bias Against Gays at Work

Major civil rights measure now
moves to Senate

New York Times New York Times Nov 7, 07 10:14 PM CST
(Newser) - It took more than 30 years, but House Democrats today passed a bill banning workplace discrimination against homosexuals, the New York Times reports. Thirty-five Republicans joined 200 Democrats to pass the legislation, which would amend the Civil Rights Act and safeguard workers against discrimination because of their “actual or perceived sexual orientation.” Ted Kennedy says he will introduce it in the Senate. More »

Don't Get Mad, Get Even (Financially)

Showing anger in
the office boosts
men, hurts women

Reuters Reuters Aug 4, 07 6:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Women who show anger in the workplace undercut their professional standing, but their male counterparts may well be admired for their office rage, says a new study. And public temper tantrums affect more than just co-workers' respect, Reuters reports—test subjects assigned far higher salaries to angry men than to angry women. More »

More about:  women • gender • men • work • salary • workplace discrimination • office rage

In Workplace, Haggling Widens Gender Gap

Study shows women's smoother elbows may be holding them back

Washington Post Washington Post Jul 30, 07 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Women are less likely to initiate negotiations for promotions and raises, which may help explain salary and career gaps between the genders, according to new research. "There is an economic rationale to negotiate, but you have to weigh that against social risks of negotiating,"' one researcher says. "What we show is those risks are higher for women than for men." More »

More about:  women • sexism • discrimination • gender • men • salary • gender politics • workplace discrimination • careers • salary gap

Ginsburg
Speaks Up

As Supreme Court
veers to the right,
a new voice
of dissent emerges

New York Times New York Times May 31, 07 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg has delivered two withering oral dissents in the past six weeks, a radical departure from her previous conciliatory role. Linda Greenhouse speculates in today's Times that the unprecedented behavior may signal a new outspokenness for the Supreme Court's only female justice. "After 15 years on the court, she's finally voicing some complaints," says a former Ginsburg clerk. More »

More about:  US Supreme Court • women • court • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • workplace discrimination

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