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Honor Unleashed: The Untold Story of the First Black Marines

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They tirelessly worked to evacuate the wounded and fallen, often holding a casualty stretcher in one hand and a firearm in the other (Andrusko, 2003). The Montford Point Marines returned home, not to a hero’s welcome, but to continued discrimination. When the war ended, their trials didn’t. References : Andrusko, E.

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What Burnout Is and Why It Isn’t Confined To The Occupational Sphere

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Burnout is characterized by exhaustion, mental distancing, and impaired cognitive functioning, such as poor attention and concentration, and a poor working memory (Schaufeli, De Witte, & Desart, 2020). In their book, Banishing Burnout , Leiter and Maslach (2005) wrote that: “ Burnout is lost energy. Burnout is lost enthusiasm.

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What Your Company’s Response to the Coronavirus Says About its Culture (i4cp login required)

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We wanted to gauge how companies are responding to the virus, and what they are doing around travel, communications, discrimination and inclusion concerns, and impact on productivity. In 2003 it was the Avian influenza (commonly referred to as “bird flu”) that spread to 15 countries in Asia and the Middle East. not the virus in Wuhan.

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Lori Brown Rejoins Littler; ComplianceHR Names Kimball Norup CEO

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Brown was a shareholder with Littler from 2003 to 2011 and served on the firm’s Board of Directors for six of those years, while also serving as Miami Office Managing Shareholder. Brown has extensive experience counseling and defending employers on a range of workplace issues, including discrimination, harassment and wage and hour matters.

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The Story Behind “Master-Slave” Being Excluded by (Most) Tech Firms

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Racial bias has been a hot topic in 2020, but the story behind “Master-Slave” bias dates back to the early 2000s. On June 14, 2020, Microsoft-owned codesharing site GitHub is leading the way in the tech industry to drop the “master/slave” terminology in an effort to stop systemic racism. Github [Microsoft].

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California Employee’s Inability to Return to Work Dooms Disability Case

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Winning summary judgment (a judgment in your favor without a full trial) in a disability discrimination case is rare for employers in California. a property management company, from 2003 until 2011. by Marianne Koepf, Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP. Disability cases are often factually messy and involve complex legal issues.

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What is blind recruitment – and does it work?

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Academic studies and research surveys suggest that bias and discrimination are rife in the hiring process. Research published in 2003 found that people with ethnic-sounding names needed to send out 50% more CVs than people with white-sounding names to get a call back from recruiters.