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Sumser tech spotlight: This hiring tool ‘distinguishes itself’

HRExecutive

The city is a working-class town with significant discrimination and high murder rates. Like many others, the company claims to make a difference in the hiring process. Once Catalyte turned 10 (in 2010), Rosenbaum began incubating what was to become Arena. The heart of Baltimore is the harbor and the shipping industry.

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OFCCP Settles Hiring Discrimination Claims with Birds Eye Foods

Berkshire Associates

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has entered into a conciliation agreement with Birds Eye Foods, LLC to settle allegations of hiring, placement, and housing discrimination at its location in Darien, Wisconsin. OFCCP alleges three separate violations of discrimination.

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Single Racial Slur Can Establish Harassment Claim in 3rd Circuit

HR Daily Advisor

In March 2010, staffing-placement agency STI Group hired two African-American males, “Leon” and “Dave,” as general laborers to work at Chesapeake Energy Corporation. The 3rd Circuit ruled that the district court incorrectly required that the discrimination be “severe and regular” rather than “severe or pervasive.”

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How To Avoid Damages Involving Pregnancy Discrimination

Abel HR

In fact, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) logged a whopping 2,753 pregnancy discrimination charges in 2019, which represents the lowest rate in almost a decade and is down almost a third from the 4,029 filed in 2010. So, how does pregnancy discrimination typically look in the workplace?

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Employers: Ongoing Measurement Key to Successful DEI Efforts

Trusaic

million to settle a race-discrimination class-action lawsuit, one of the largest such settlements in U.S. In November 2000, Coke agreed to implement far-reaching changes to its hiring, promotion and compensation practices. … million settlement of class-action, race-discrimination lawsuit against the health care giant.

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What Business Owners Should Know about Pregnancy Discrimination

Zenefits

A business owner won’t hire young women for jobs that require extensive travel because they might soon have children and become unable to fulfill those responsibilities. All of these scenarios are examples of pregnancy discrimination, and they are against the law. What Is Pregnancy Discrimination? That’s an 80 percent increase.

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Could two little resumé errors torpedo an employee’s claims that her race got her fired?

The Employer Handbook

Ultimately, the employer hired her for the Health Commissioner position because of her “excellent” resumé and interview. Assuming that an employee can at least raise an initial presumption of discrimination, the burden shifts to the employer to offer a legitimate reason for its termination decision. Or so it thought.