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NEWS ABOUT: workplace discrimination

workplace discrimination stories: 14 news summaries

 Strip Clubs, Lap Dances
Part of Corporate Life in UK 

Report finds widespread use of strip clubs for entertaining is 'threatening equality'

Sep 18, 09 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The sex industry has become a mainstream part of corporate culture in Britain and is damaging workplace equality, a report from a  women's group finds. Researchers found that many firms authorize the use of expense accounts for entertaining clients in lap dancing and strip clubs, and that most strip clubs... More »

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women's rights • sexism • workplace discrimination • strip club • Britain • stripper • sex industry • lap dancing

Fired Disabled Woman: Abercrombie a 'Sweatshop'

Brit won nearly $15K for wrongful dismissal

Aug 16, 09 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 22-year-old British student with a prosthetic arm who won nearly $15,000 in a discrimination lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch compares its working conditions to a sweatshop. “I found it disturbing,” Riam Dean tells the Daily Mail. “There were so many people in such a tiny... More »

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London • workplace discrimination • prosthesis • disability • harassment • Abercrombie & Fitch

(Newser) - The London woman banished to the Abercrombie & Fitch stockroom because of her prosthetic arm has been awarded more $13,000 by an employment tribunal, the BBC reports. Riam Dean wore a cardigan to cover the joint between her prosthesis and her body, but the sweater clashed with the retailer’... More »

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London • workplace discrimination • discrimination • prosthesis • employment • disability • harassment • tribunal • Abercrombie & Fitch • disability rights • Riam Dean

ANALYSIS

Firefighter Ruling Leaves Guidelines as Muddy as Ever

Employers likely to ditch written tests altogether to avoid discrimination suits

Jun 30, 09 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling in favor of a group of white firefighters looks likely to be a boon for employment lawyers instead of cities seeking clear guidance, experts tell the New York Times. The court's ruling makes it harder for employers to chuck out tests that overwhelmingly favor whites, and... More »

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workplace discrimination • discrimination • affirmative action • US Supreme Court • racial equality • racial discrimination

Abercrombie & Fitch Sued By Disabled Clerk

Student 'hidden in back' because prosthetic arm didn't fit trendy 'look'

Jun 25, 09 4:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British woman with a prosthetic arm is suing Abercrombie & Fitch for workplace discrimination, the Guardian reports. The trendy clothing retailer shifted her to backroom duties to hide her from customers, telling her that a cardigan she wore to cover the link between the prosthesis and her arm contravened... More »

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workplace discrimination • discrimination • disability • Abercrombie & Fitch

Taller Workers Top Pay Ladder

Extra 4 inches adds 2%-3% in hourly wages for women and men, Aussie study says

May 17, 09 7:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Taller workers have a leg up when it comes to paychecks, AFP reports. An Australian study has found that every additional 4 inches of height adds 3% to a man's hourly wage and 2% to a woman's. Five inches of extra height earns a man the salary of a worker... More »

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obesity • workplace discrimination • discrimination • weight • height

OPINION

 Gays Deserve 
 Reparation Checks 


Apr 7, 09 5:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - “The time has arrived to place economic reparations for gay and lesbian Americans on the political agenda,” Jacob Appel writes in the Detroit Free Press. Equality under the law is inevitable, if still a few years out; meantime, homosexuals must be compensated for their trouble. “While the... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • equality • workplace discrimination • civil rights • gays • reparations • second-class citizen

opinion

Plastic Surgery: Your Own Personal Stimulus Package

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

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... More »

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plastic surgery • work • beauty • workplace discrimination • cosmetic surgery

Supreme Court Backs Workers on Retaliation Suits

Justices affirm employees' right to sue

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... More »

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workplace discrimination • federal employees • US Supreme Court • retaliation

OPINION

What the Candidates Should Be Talking About

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

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

House Bans Bias Against Gays at Work

Major civil rights measure now
moves to Senate

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... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • gay rights • workplace discrimination • Ted Kennedy • House of Representatives • homosexuality • Civil Rights Act • Human Rights Campaign • Susan Collins • National Gay and Lesbian Task Force • Ed Koch • Employment Nondiscrimination Act • Stonewall Rebellion

Don't Get Mad, Get Even (Financially)

Showing anger in
the office boosts
men, hurts women

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... More »

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gender • work • women • men • workplace discrimination • salary • office rage

In Workplace, Haggling Widens Gender Gap

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

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.... More »

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gender • women • men • sexism • workplace discrimination • discrimination • gender politics • salary • salary gap • career

Ginsburg
Speaks Up

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

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... More »

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women • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • workplace discrimination • court • US Supreme Court

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