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Minority Hiring

Minority HiringUnfair hiring practices? I don't think so!Let's see -- 40% in one year? How far does that go in redressing the imbalances resulting from years of discrimination?As for qualifications - the interview and hiring process being what it is, who can fairly judge this? The process...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Minority Hiring, hiring, discrimination

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

Strategies, Uncertainty and Performance of Small Business Startups

Personal strategies of owners/founders of small business startups are related to performance and to environmental uncertainty. This is done using a longitudinal data set of some 50 Dutch startups. The results suggest a dynamic process between strategy and performance. A discrimination is made between four strategies (reactive, critical point, complete...

Tags: Performance management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, small business, strategy, performance

White papers 2000-03-01

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One in five MPs suffers from stress-related mental illness

A confidential survey of MPs and peers suggests that one in five parliamentarians suffers from a mental illness caused by the stress of their public lives but fear disclosing their struggles because of stigma and discrimination. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health questionnaire was completed by...

Articles 2008-07-16

Homosexuality ruins lives

I was appalled to read Carlyle Potter's views on same-sex marriage ("Gays deserve equal rights," Readers' Forum, July 13). The issue of same-sex marriage is not only a complex issue, but it is a passionate one for many. None of us can say, or begin to say, that based on...

Articles 2008-07-16

EU ready to yield on banana trade dispute

BRUSSELS AFP — The European Commission said Wednesday it was ready to make concessions in a long-running trade dispute with Latin America over bananas in order to advance struggling WTO negotiations. The commission said it was prepared to accept a settlement proposed by WTO chief Pascal Lamy that...

Articles 2008-07-16

Solicitor forced to retire at 65 claims age discrimination

A solicitor fighting a test appeal after being forced to retire at 65 has a "fundamental" right not to be discriminated against because of his age, an employment tribunal was told yesterday. Leslie Seldon, a former partner at the Kent-based law firm Clarkson, Wright and Jakes CWJ, is challenging an...

Articles 2008-07-15

Statement of the American Diabetes Association on U.S. Senate Hearing to Discuss the Americans with Disabilities Act

John Griffin, Jr., Esq., a member of theAmerican Diabetes Association's ADA Board of Directors, issued thefollowing statement regarding a hearing held today, by the U.S. Senate'sCommittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension to determine the properscope of the Americans with Disabilities Act. "We applaud Chairman Edward Kennedy (D-Mass), Senator Mike...

Articles 2008-07-15

Thompson Hine Partner Testifies Before Congressional Committee

JC Miller Testifies at Hearing on Workplace Discrimination Against Transgender Americans WASHINGTON -- Thompson Hine partner JC Miller testified on June 26, 2008, before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor at the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions hearing, "An Examination of Discrimination...

Articles 2008-07-15

Army joins gay rights campaign

Home News IN BRIEF *The Army has joined forces with the gay rights campaign group Stonewall to promote equality for homosexual and bisexual soldiers. General Sir Richard Dannatt, the chief of the general staff, said: "Discrimination against those in the Army who are lesbian, gay and bisexual...

Articles 2008-07-14

Federal judge blocks men who sued UBS for bias

UBS Financial Services Inc. has defeated a racial discrimination lawsuit brought by three former employees of the New York-based investment giant. U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte granted summary judgment on behalf of UBS against the two Maryland plaintiffs, Freddie H. Cook and Sylvester L. Fleming Jr.,...

Articles 2008-07-14

U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Case Summaries:

U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Job Discrimination Individual Liability Siddiqui v. United Financial Mortgage Corp. 06-CV-6225 Judge Telesca Background: The plaintiff brought suit under Title VII and the New...

Articles 2008-07-14

Griffon Unit receives $71.5M Order from Lockheed Martin

Telephonics to supply ARPDD Enhancements to the AN/APS-147 Radar for MH-60R Maritime Strike Helicopters JERICHO, N.Y. -- Griffon Corporation (NYSE:GFF), announced today that Telephonics Corporation, its electronic information and communication systems subsidiary, received a $71.5M order from Lockheed Martin Systems Integration - Owego for development of increased capabilities...

Articles 2008-07-14

SmithAmundsen Announces the Addition of Terry Fox

CHICAGO -- SmithAmundsen LLC is pleased to announce that Terry A. Fox has joined the firm's Chicago and St. Charles offices as a partner in our Insurance Services and Employment Practice Groups. Mr. Fox concentrates his practice in tort and employment related litigation. His practice focus includes advising...

Articles 2008-07-14

Payout for 'anti-gay' driving exam

A court has ruled that the Italian government must pay $100,000 (80,000) in damages to a man ordered to retake his driving test because he was gay. Danilo Giuffrida's victory is believed to be the first time the Italian state has been punished for sexual discrimination. ...

Articles 2008-07-13

Hundreds of police set to lodge race bias claims

Hundreds of police officers are poised to mount race discrimination actions against their own forces in reaction to the case launched by Britain's most senior Asian police chief, it was reported last night. Black and Asian staff from almost every force in the country are claiming they...

Articles 2008-07-13

'Leisurevilles' are just a form of age segregation

There's a different kind of discrimination spreading in the United States. Despite all the popular rhetoric about family values, an increasing number of Americans are choosing to live in age- segregated "leisurevilles," where at least one household member must be 55 or older and enjoy living without children. No one...

Articles 2008-07-13

CAM NABS ME FULL FRONTAL

Q CAN you get a ticket if you are photographed from the front of your car? I have been told by police camera-enforcement officers that it is not legal, yet I received a ticket which I have not paid after my vehicle was snapped from the front. I had always...

Articles 2008-07-13

120,000 march in Vienna Rainbow Parade for gay rights

VIENNA AFP — About 120,000 people in colourful and often scanty dress took part in Vienna's annual Rainbow Parade on Saturday to call for equal rights for gays and lesbians, organisers said. Thirty-degree heat and sunny weather ensured record attendance for the 13th edition of the march, which...

Articles 2008-07-12

Registrar wins right to refuse gay weddings

A Christian registrar who refused to perform same-sex civil partnership unions because she believes that gay marriage is "sinful" has won her claim for discrimination, testing the boundaries of the fledgling religious discrimination law. In a unanimous judgment, an employment tribunal found Islington council in north London...

Articles 2008-07-11

SKorea court backs woman teacher over tea service

SEOUL AFP — South Korea's Supreme Court gave its backing Friday to a woman teacher who complained she was forced to serve morning tea to her male school principal. The principal committed suicide after the teachers' union took up the woman's complaint of gender discrimination. This prompted the...

Articles 2008-07-11