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- Discrimination During Job Interviews
- Discrimination laws are very strict when it comes to the workplace. Whether you are dealing with a large corporation or an independent employer, you as an employee or candidate for employment have many rights, particularly when it comes to privacy in your personal life. Fortunately, most Human Resources Personnel or...
- White papers 2007-06-21
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- SMALL FIRM EXEMPTION AND THE SINGLE EMPLOYER DOCTRINE IN EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION LAW, THE
- INTRODUCTION Laws prohibiting discrimination in employment often make an exception for the small firm. Title VII,1 which is the model for many other federal and state discrimination laws, sets a threshold for employer coverage at fifteen employees.2 A firm employing fewer employees is exempt. As long as it employs no...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- Justice queried on discrimination law enforcement
- Mark Fogarty Indian Country Today Lakota Times 12-07-1994 Justice queried on discrimination law enforcement. By Mark Fogarty Today Correspondent HONOLULU -- A member of the economic development office of the Navajo Nation got no satisfaction when he questioned...
- Research articles 1994-12-07
- Staying on the Right Side of Discrimination Law
- Staying on the Right Side of Discrimination LawFRD - Prevention Resources for EmployersAs the blog mentioned, the Center for WorkLife Law has a number of resources, including training programs and e-mail alerts, for employers interested in preventing FRD in thier workplaces. But, our website address has changed. You...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-31
- Commentary: Law firm's age discrimination case takes another step forward
- The following article was originally published Wisconsin Lawyer, a sister publication.MILWAUKEE - Many law firms have more than one category of partner. Partners at the top of the law firm hierarchy, that have the right to control the firm, are employers within the meaning of federal discrimination law. When 32...
- Research articles 2006-02-25
- Commentary: Law firm's age discrimination case takes another step
- The following article was originally published Wisconsin Lawyer, a sister publication. MILWAUKEE - Many law firms have more than one category of partner. Partners at the top of the law firm hierarchy, that have the right to control the firm, are employers within the meaning of federal discrimination...
- Research articles 2006-02-25
- 90-year-old woman hits Brooks with age-discrimination suit. (Brooks Brothers Inc. sued after firing 27-year veteran employee Rachel Belsky)(Brief Article)
- NEW YORK FNS -- A 90-year-old woman, earning $24,526 a year, who is a 27-year veteran of Brooks Brothers, sued the retailer for age discrimination. Rachel Belsky, who was let go on March 28, filed the suit in Manhattan federal court, alleging violations of federal...
- Research articles 1996-12-11
- Genetic discrimination.(law on genetic discrimination)(Brief article)
- GENETIC DISCRIMINATION. A bill (H.R. 493) that would prohibit discrimination based on genetic information has been approved by the House of Representatives. The Senate has agreed to consider the measure. The bill would expand the prohibition against genetic discrimination by group health plans and...
- Research articles 2007-08-01
- Staying on the Right Side of Discrimination Law
- The blogosphere is alight today with commentary on Sunday's New York Times Magazine article "Family-Leave Values." The basic thesis of the lengthy piece is that workers who have lost their jobs due to family commitments, have been suing and winning in greater numbers and have been doing so using an...
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- Tacoma Wash., Man Says Anti-Discrimination Law Hurts Small Businesses.
- By Paula Lavigne Sullivan, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 15--The man behind an initiative to overturn Tacoma's law banning discrimination against homosexuals says the law hurts small businesses and validates a lifestyle that doesn't deserve legal protection. ...
- Research articles 2002-05-15
- Discrimination.(U.S. Congressional Legislation)(employement discrimination law H.R. 1705)(Brief Article)
- Discrimination. Introduced by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), a Senate bill (H.R. 1705) would prohibit an employer from refusing to hire or to discharge an individual based on that individual's sexual orientation. The bill would also prohibit discrimination in compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because...
- Research articles 2004-06-01
- Arbitration and the goals of employment discrimination law
- I. Introduction [S]o long as the prospective litigant effectively may vindicate [his or her] statutory cause of action in the arbitral forum, the statute will continue to serve both its remedial and deterrent function.1 With these words, the Supreme Court assumed that the public goal of ending workplace discrimination is...
- Research articles 1999-04-01
- Gay bill passes Illinois House Senate the next hurdle for discrimination law.(News)
- Byline: John Patterson Daily Herald State Government Writer SPRINGFIELD - In a victory for gay rights supporters that might prove to be short-lived, the Illinois House on Tuesday narrowly approved legislation that would outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation. In 1997...
- Research articles 2001-03-28
- Establishment pause: religious freedom meets anti-discrimination law - Texas Governor George W. Bush's Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act
- Ever since Southern restaurateur Lester Maddox brandished ax handles in the mid-1960s to make the case against laws that prohibit private discrimination, few have had the stomach to question the burden such measures place on individual liberty, much less argue that they impinge on constitutional rights. Texas Gov. George...
- Research articles 1999-07-01
- Kentucky Passes Anti-Atheist Law.
- Church-State Update tracks continuing developments in important federal, state, and local church-state issues. Each item is preceded by an up arrow ([delta]) or a down arrow ([nabla]), based on the story's implications for separation of church and state and the rights of the nonreligious. ...
- Research articles 2000-03-22
- Tacoma, Wash., Puts Repeal of Gay Anti-Discrimination Law on Nov. 5 Ballot.
- By Kris Sherman, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 11--Voters will decide Nov. 5 whether to keep Tacoma's so-called gay rights law or repeal it. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to put the issue ...
- Research articles 2002-09-11
- Price Discrimination, Copyright Law, and Technological Innovation: Evidence From the Introduction of DVDs
- This paper examines the welfare effects of intellectual property protection, accounting for firms' optimal responses to legal environments and technological innovation. It examines firms' use of indirect price discrimination in response to U.S. copyright law, which effectively prevents direct price discrimination. Using data covering VHS and DVD movie distribution, it...
- White papers 2005-09-01
- Cornell University law professors report: Discrimination suits
- A study by two Cornell University law professors published in the Harvard Law and Policy Review shows a dramatic decline in the number of employment discrimination cases filed in federal court. According to the article by professors Kevin M. Clermont and Stewart J. Schwab, "Employment Discrimination in Federal...
- Research articles 2008-09-25
- Firing and the Law
- As workers become more knowledgeable about their rights, the number of wrongful-termination lawsuits is on the rise. Here's how you can avoid legal trouble when firing an employee. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Also known as: Title VII...
- Articles 2007-03-20
- U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic's Case Expands Age Discrimination Protection.
- Byline: Stanford Law School STANFORD, Calif., March 30 AScribe Newswire -- Stanford Law School today released the following. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that workers over 40 do not have to show intentional discrimination by employers to recover damages under ...
- Research articles 2005-03-30
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