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Enterprise Rent-A-Car Ordered to Pay $6.6M in OFCCP Race Discrimination in Hiring Case

DCI Consulting

in back pay and to extend job offers to 182 class members after being found in violation of Executive Order 11246 for discriminating against African Americans. In the case, the OFCCP alleged that Enterprise discriminated against African-American applicants for employment between August 1, 2007 and July 31, 2017.

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Dispute Over Job Requirements Defeats Summary Judgment on Disability Discrimination Claim

HR Daily Advisor

The New Jersey Supreme Court recently permitted a disabled nurse to proceed to trial on her claim that the termination of her employment constituted disability discrimination. Beginning in 2007, Arianna suffered a series of work-related injuries. In March 2007, she injured her left shoulder while repositioning a patient in bed.

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Disability Discrimination: I Can See Clearly Now, My Job Is Gone

HR Daily Advisor

In 2007, “Demetri” began working at MITRE’s New Jersey location as a midlevel simulation and modeling engineer supporting the U.S. From 2007 to 2010, Demetri received generally favorable reviews. The post Disability Discrimination: I Can See Clearly Now, My Job Is Gone appeared first on HR Daily Advisor. Background.

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What Makes a Strong Retaliation Case?

Zenefits

A strong retaliation case must show 3 things: An employee faced discrimination or harassment in the workplace. Texas, May 19, 2021), Jennifer Harris won $366 million in a racial discrimination and retaliation lawsuit again FedEx. Jennifer Harris provided numerous instances of discrimination and linked it to her termination.

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Five Millennial Background Screening Challenges

TalentCulture

Information about religious affiliation, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status or health condition may all be prohibited under anti-discrimination laws. Digital Natives And Age Discrimination. Millennials are not direct targets for age discrimination. It’s code for Millennials, and it’s popping up in job ads.

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Stevens v. Rite Aid: A lesson on the ADA

Sage HRMS

Law 360 reported Rite Aid bought Eckerd Pharmacy, where Stevens worked in Utica, New York, in 2007. Federal regulation compliance issues. As outlined in the Americans with Disabilities Act, employers cannot discriminate against workers in the public accommodation sector, among others, due to disabilities. The EEOC investigation.

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What Is the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act?

HR Daily Advisor

While Title VII of the Civil Rights Act already prohibits gender-based discrimination, including pay discrimination, there was an unfortunate problem created by a court interpretation back in 2007. Another goal of such laws is to encourage voluntary compliance by employers, and this decision also did no such thing.