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the thief and the hero, the crockpot discrimination, and other stories of potlucks at work

Ask a Manager

This post, the thief and the hero, the crockpot discrimination, and other stories of potlucks at work , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Crockpot discrimination. She looked me in the eye and completely seriously told me, ‘This is crockpot discrimination!'” Part one was yesterday.).

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EEOC alleges that what this company did was dumb and dumber (and also age discrimination)

The Employer Handbook

Last week, the EEOC announced that it had sued a staffing agency for violating the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. But, “Need Young Folks Only” is what we call direct evidence of age discrimination. So, it’s not just an age discrimination claim now. And the allegations of stupidity are mind-blowing.

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New Jersey Law Against Discrimination Expands Protections Against Ageism

Trusaic

The state of New Jersey recently updated its Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) to include protections against age discrimination. Below we outline what employers need to know about the anti-discrimination law. The updates expand recourse for employees who are discriminated against based on their age.

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EEOC issues new discrimination guidance: 11 things you must know

HR Morning

The new guidance covers national origin discrimination, and it has replaced the EEOC’s 2002 compliance manual section on that topic. Of course, employers already know they can’t discriminate against individuals on the basis of their national origin. Discrimination based on “perceived” national origin is illegal.

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The AI Conundrum: How HR Can Prepare for the Storm of Change

Speaker: Kate Bischoff - CEO and Founder of k8bisch LLC (formerly tHRive Law & Consulting)

Recent research suggests that AI may introduce prejudice and discrimination into decision-making processes, leading to unequal chances. It’s no secret that the indication of AI has drastically changed most industries. But with every advancement, there are new hurdles to overcome.

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What Is Hiring Discrimination And How To Prevent It?

Hppy

Hiring discrimination is when a current or potential employer judges anything other than meritocracy and the ability of the candidate to perform the task at hand. . Hiring discrimination happens more often than you think and can seriously affect the individuals involved and the organization it takes place. . Age discrimination.

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Pay Data Reporting Key To Ending Pay Discrimination

Trusaic

Known as EEO-1 Component 2, the EEOC’s short-lived pay data reporting requirements demonstrated significant value in identifying and resolving pay discrimination in the workplace. The use of federal pay data reporting would greatly assist the EEOC with investigating and resolving charges of pay discrimination.

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Stop Discriminating Against Me, You Hateful Ageists, 10 Year Update

Evil HR Lady

Turns out Jon is two days older than I am, so I’ve been discriminating against him for two whole days already. I love Jon’s idea of raising the age for ADEA discrimination to 50. I firmly believe that the best way to combat all kinds of discrimination is through free markets. Age discrimination is a huge problem.

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California Firm Esri Reaches $2.3 Million Pay Discrimination Settlement

Trusaic

Despite continuous legislative and social efforts aimed at closing the gender pay gap, pay discrimination persists. While the news of the pay discrimination settlement is not good for Esri’s reputation or brand image, it’s worth noting that the company did enter an early resolution agreement to correct the alleged violations.

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Companies Rethinking NDAs with Discrimination Settlements

Trusaic

Similar tactics are often used in racial discrimination settlements. For one thing, according to the Wall Street Journal , the attitude shift brought about by the #MeToo movement (and the movement against racial injustice) has led employees to “demand exit agreements [that] permit them to speak out about their alleged discrimination.”

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Dice's 2018 Diversity and Inclusion Report

Dice’s Diversity and Inclusion Report highlights how tech pros currently gauge their industry’s progress – and how frequently they've experienced discrimination based on gender, sexuality, age and political affiliation. A vital step to becoming more inclusive is first understanding how inclusive your culture is right now.

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Google Settles $118 Million Gender Pay Discrimination Lawsuit

Trusaic

This time, however, the story is a little different, as the multinational technology giant is under fire for gender pay discrimination. This isn’t the first time Google has been in the spotlight for pay discrimination. Organizations that think this type of discrimination only exists in the tech industry should think again. .

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Biden’s Order Signals Shift Towards Fighting Discrimination

Trusaic

A new Executive Order from President Biden portends a seismic shift in White House policy on preventing and combating discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation. “It President Biden’s Executive Order is another step forward toward reducing gender identity and sexual orientation discrimination in the US.

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DEI Discrimination Claim Highlights Need for Employer Diligence

Trusaic

A recent discrimination claim involving global advertising agency Wunderman Thompson is a case in point. While the court acknowledged the agency’s desire to reduce gender compensation gaps as legitimate, it also found the creative directors were unfairly dismissed and discriminated against on the basis of sex.

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DOE Says Title IX Protects Against LGBTQ+ Discrimination

Trusaic

The Notice of Interpretation signaled a new DOE interpretation of Title IX’s declaration that no educational program (public or private) receiving federal funds shall discriminate “on the basis of sex.” The post DOE Says Title IX Protects Against LGBTQ+ Discrimination first appeared on Trusaic. Specifically, Title IX states : .

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The HR Leader's Introduction to LGBT+ Inclusion

Speaker: Dr. Kryss Shane - America's Leading LGBT+ Expert and Author

Even though corporations have prioritized diversity and inclusion in the last decade, many LGBT+ employees continue to face workplace discrimination, stress, and danger. This is especially true for marginalized groups, such as members of the LGBT+ Community.

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Riot Games Settles Gender Discrimination Lawsuit at $100 Million

Trusaic

Entertainment company Riot Games recently settled a multi-year-long gender discrimination class-action lawsuit with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). The post Riot Games Settles Gender Discrimination Lawsuit at $100 Million first appeared on Trusaic. To learn more about achieving pay equity, click here.

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Fantastic Strategies To Eliminate Bias And Discrimination

6Q

The first step to eliminate bias and discrimination in the workplace is to first understand what it is. Age discrimination can come in many forms, so it’s important for employers to recognise what they are. Let’s begin by understanding what age discrimination is. What is age discrimination? What is age discrimination?

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A Glimpse Inside Tesla’s $137 Million Discrimination Lawsuit

Trusaic

Earlier this month, Tesla lost a discrimination lawsuit filed by an former employee to the tune of $137 million. Former contract elevator operator Owen Diaz alleged that he and others experienced racial discrimination while working in Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California from 2015 to 2016. Tesla’s costly DEI missteps.

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OFCCP Ramps up Pay Equity Enforcement with Several Pay Discrimination Settlements

Trusaic

As a result, AstraZeneca, IBM, Thomson Reuters, Serco, and Aecom Management Services will be paying big for claims alleging pay discrimination. Under new leadership, the agency is bolstering efforts to combat pay discrimination head-on – the latest OFCCP director, Jenny R. The high price of pay discrimination.

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Australia’s New Discrimination And Harassment Laws: Protecting Employee Rights

Global People Strategist

Whether you’re an employer or employee, it is essential to understand the discrimination and harassment laws that are in force in Australia. What Are The Discrimination And Harassment Laws In Australia, And What Do They Mean For Employees? Anxiety and confusion can be expected when navigating this complex legal landscape.

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What is non-discrimination testing?

PeopleKeep

One such consideration is non-discrimination testing (NDT) for certain benefits offerings. This article will explain what non-discrimination testing is, when you should complete it, why it’s important for your organization, and what happens if you encounter testing failures.

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Restructuring? How to Avoid Layoff Discrimination

Intoo USA

One important legal concern to keep in mind are the federal laws against employment discrimination enforced by the U.S. Although layoff discrimination may seem like a clear-cut issue—you either intentionally discriminated against an employee or you didn’t—real-life cases are not always so cut and dried.

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How Serious are EEOC Age Discrimination Charges? Very.

Trusaic

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a government agency charged with enforcing federal civil rights laws, such as the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA). Campbell, commit not to engage in age discrimination, update its ADEA training, publish a notice of employee rights, and submit to monitoring by the EEOC.

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EEOC Digs into Harassment, Pay Discrimination and AI

SHRM Resources

Sexual harassment, pay discrimination and artificial intelligence (AI) are among the priorities that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will focus on this year in its guidance and enforcement efforts.

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DOJ: Combatting Discrimination During Opioid Crisis

HR Workplace Services

Click here to read the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Civil Right’s Division’s guidance regarding how to combat discrimination against people in treatment or recovery for opioid addiction … The post DOJ: Combatting Discrimination During Opioid Crisis appeared first on HRWS.

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Non-Discrimination Testing

FLEX

Many health and welfare programs offered by employers are subject to non-discrimination testing as identified in the Internal Revenue Code (the“Code”). The non-discrimination tests are designed to ensure that certain groups of employees are not treated more favorably than other groups of employeesin terms of benefits.

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Addressing Age Discrimination in Employment

HRWatchdog

In fact, the FEHA has very specific requirements as far as age discrimination is concerned.). Age discrimination also affects women more than men, according to the report, which stated that of survey participants who disclosed their gender, “nearly 62 percent of women and 52 percent of men indicate having experienced ageism.”

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Huneety

Discrimination) appeared first on Huneety. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????. The post ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????

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Google Involved in Another Pay Discrimination Lawsuit

Trusaic

This time, Cloud Engineering Director, Ulku Rowe, has sued the giant tech company claiming gender-based discrimination in violation of the U.S. In April 2019, Google allegedly retaliated to Rowe’s complaints about gender-discrimination by changing her role and “providing her with three undesirable options,” the lawsuit states.

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EEOC Hearing on Employment Discrimination in AI

DCI Consulting

By: Bre Timko and Dave Schmidt O n January 31 , 2023, t he Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) had a hearing , entitled “ Navigating Employment Discrimination in AI and Automated Systems: A New Civil Rights Frontier ”.

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How to Prevent Discrimination in the Workplace

Namely

Laws have come a long way when it comes to recognizing and prohibiting discrimination in the workplace. Discrimination in the workplace is detrimental for employees and puts the company at risk for legal action. Unfortunately, it’s still an all too common occurrence.

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EEOC to Employers: Be Proactive on Addressing Instances of Age Discrimination

Trusaic

A number of federal, state, and local laws make it illegal to discriminate against a job candidate or employee on the basis of age. For example, theAge Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) prohibits discrimination based on age for persons 40 or older. Not sure how to get started?

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Colorado POWR Act Proposes Broad Anti-Discrimination Changes

Trusaic

What this means for Colorado employers is that liability would accrue for employment discrimination and harassment against a whole new class of individuals, including those working in the gig economy with limited connections to their organizations. Colorado has a state-level equivalent, which the POWR Act would eliminate.

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This employee apparently doesn’t understand how pregnancy discrimination works

The Employer Handbook

If an employer doesn’t know that an employee is pregnant, it can’t possibly discriminate against her because she is pregnant. The plaintiff sued for pregnancy discrimination. Sometimes suspicious timing can give rise to a discrimination claim. I won’t bury the lede. Here’s the takeaway from this post.

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THIS action fell just short of possible discrimination and retaliation. (Whew!)

The Employer Handbook

In the case, the plaintiff claimed sex discrimination. No discrimination. There are fundamental differences between discrimination and retaliation. An action is “materially adverse” when “it well might have dissuaded a reasonable worker from making or supporting a charge of discrimination.”

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By the Numbers: Employee Burnout, Workplace Discrimination, and the Great Resignation

TalentCulture

The post By the Numbers: Employee Burnout, Workplace Discrimination, and the Great Resignation appeared first on TalentCulture. That’s the case with the recent Work and Well-Being Survey conducted by the American Psychological Association (APA) of 1,501 U.S. adult workers.