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Forced Pagan Ritual Ends in Discrimination Lawsuit for Virginia Employer

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District Court in Norfolk, Virginia, drives this point home—and reminds employers to train managers and supervisors on discrimination and sexual harassment in order to avoid these types of lawsuits in the future. She has been at BLR since 2014. Most recently, she graduated in 2014 with a MS of Educational Technology.

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Fighting Ageism: Author Wendy Sachs Shares Her Struggle to Find Work After 40

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Ageism is a citadel of discrimination on which we still need to launch a steady assault. Older Candidates Have a Lot to Offer In 2014, Sachs lost her job. Photo: Creative Commons Categories: Talent Management Article Tags: Talent Management In the tech world, 40 is, in some ways, the new 60.

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Using machine learning and sentiment analysis to tackle employee burnout

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Andrew Alexander, MD, and Kenneth Ballou, MD, listed them as symptoms of physician burnout in a recent article by the. percent in 2014. Article originally published here. These are critically important words to digest when looking. at employee happiness. percent in 2011 to 54.4 even death for those under the age of 45.

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New Age Discrimination Law Considered By U.S. Congress

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A bipartisan bill which would make it easier for older workers to prove age discrimination in the workplace have been introduced in the U.S. The “ Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act ” (POWADA) would reverse a 2009 U.S. Federal, State, and Local Anti-Discrimination Laws. EEOC targets age discrimination.

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U.S. Women’s Soccer Equal Pay Lawsuit Sign of the Times [UPDATE]

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The parties will enter mediation in an effort to resolve the USWNT’s gender discrimination lawsuit against USSF. On International Women’s Day, the USWNT filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against USSF in the United District Court in Los Angeles under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. national soccer teams.

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Rastafarian, Pastafarian: No Matter What You Call It, It Could Be Religious Discrimination

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According to the Sentinel , “As part of the settlement, the contractor also agreed to conduct religious-discrimination training, change policies to protect employees from religious discrimination, and make yearly reports to the EEOC.”. She has been at BLR since 2014.

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On the Chopping Block for Hiring and Pay Discrimination

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Yesterday we explored how the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has been taking a hard stance on hiring and pay discrimination cases. The OFCCP says that its compensation targets are projected to increase to 40% of all discrimination violations and settlements in FY 2015 and in FY 2016 (up from 35% in FY 2014).