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Study Finds Workplace Discrimination Against Caregivers Growing

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Study Finds Workplace Discrimination Against Caregivers Growing

Workplace discrimination against caregivers is becoming  commonplace as more employees must care for aging parents, a new report from the AARP, an advocacy group of older Americans. The report, “Protecting Family Caregivers from Employment Discrimination,” identifies workplace discrimination against workers with elder care responsibilities as an emerging trend. The report also highlights the limited legal […]

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Lip Service? Poll Shows Concern Over Older Workers Retiring, Business Losing Skills

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Lip Service? Poll Shows Concern Over Older Workers Retiring, Business Losing Skills

Employers are apparently waking up to the fact that millions of older workers will begin retiring soon, and they’ve done relatively little about it — other than layoff older workers. A joint poll released 09 April 2012 by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and AARP shows that “U.S. employers are ramping up skills training and employee benefits aimed […]

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Racial Harassment, Noose Cost Alabama Cement Plant $400,000

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Racial Harassment, Noose Cost Alabama Cement Plant $400,000

The dark days of old South apparently still live on at Ready Mix USA’s plant in Montgomery, Ala. A noose was allegedly displayed at the Ready Mix worksite in Montgomery. African-American workers were the subject of derogatory racial language, including Ku Klux Klan references, used by a direct Ready Mix supervisor and manager and that […]

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Judge Rules For Lesbian In Health Insurance Case

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Judge Rules For Lesbian In Health Insurance Case

A federal judge has ruled same-sex couples are entitled to the same rights as heterosexual couples, in a decision that has implications for employee health insurance benefits. Ninth Circuit U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey S. White ruled Wednesday, 22 February 2012, that the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional, declaring that the federal […]

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EEOC Wins Religious Discrimination Suit With Convergys

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EEOC Wins Religious Discrimination Suit With Convergys

By LAURA LIEBECK– During a 2011 job interview Shannon Fantroy, told a Convergys Customer Management Group recruiter that he observes the Jewish sabbeth — which is from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday — and could not work on Saturdays. The recruiter for a call center in Hazelwood, Mo., told Fantroy that unless he […]

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EEOC Discrimination Cases, Settlements Hit Record High In 2011

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EEOC Discrimination Cases, Settlements Hit Record High In 2011

By LAURA LIEBECK– The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency responsible for enforcing anti-discrimination laws, last year handled a record number of cases alleging workplace discrimination and secured a record high financial settlement total for those cases. The EEOC’s oversight covers discrimination based on a person’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, […]

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Pepsi Pays $3 Million to Settle EEOC Discrimination Claim

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Pepsi Pays $3 Million to Settle EEOC Discrimination Claim

By ROBERT SCALLY and R. DAVID WENDEL– Pepsi Beverages will pay $3.13 million and provide job offers and training to settle charges of racial discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Minneapolis office. More than 300 African Americans were affected by a criminal background check policy that disproportionately excluded black applicants from permanent employment […]

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2011 Record Year For EEOC Complaints, Settlements

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2011 Record Year For EEOC  Complaints, Settlements

It was a record year for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and it could be said the EEOC became more efficient despite receiving the most workplace discrimination complaints in its 46-year history.. The EEOC received a record 99,947 charges of discrimination in fiscal year 2011, which ended 30 Sept. 2011. Despite this, The EEOC […]

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Employment Discrimination: Answers to Your Questions

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Employment Discrimination: Answers to Your Questions

By Elizabeth L. Riles By law, your employer may not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age (over 40), citizenship, pregnancy, or disability. The California Fair Employment and Housing Act and Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibit discrimination based upon these factors. In California, the […]

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Minnesota Agencies Pay $574,000 For Age Bias In EEOC Suits

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Minnesota Agencies Pay $574,000 For Age Bias In EEOC Suits

Three federal judges have ordered three Minnesota state agencies to pay damages to settle age discrimination charges filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). U.S. District Court judges ordered the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the Minnesota Department of Commerce and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety to pay damages to claimants who […]

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