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This year is proving to be a very important one.  With the impending presidential election, a major political shift is about to take place in the White House.  One act that is under consideration at this very moment may fundamentally change the way that business is conducted in the United States.  It is called the […]

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Thirty-five progressive, loabor leaders came together to sign a letter of urgency to the United States government regarding the proposed $700 Billion wallstreet bailout plan.  They have sternly expressed their concern and skepticism about the feasability and effectiveness of the plan.  Representing more than 20 million American citizens, the letter urged leaders to drafts, at […]

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A Richmond, California motel has settled a discrimination case that stems from the 2004 firing of a woman.
At the time of the firing, the woman who was fired was 67 and black. She was replaced by a 29 year old Latina woman. Following the firing, the woman filed a complaint with the United States Equal […]

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A former Apple network engineer filed a lawsuit last Monday. The case centers around the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) which dictates overtime by certain professions be compensated. The plaintiff alleges networking professionals, engineers, administrators, and support-staff are covered by the FLSA, and Apple wrongfully exempted them.
In order for the workers to be exempt from […]

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The Paycheck Fairness Act has 230 co-sponsors in the U.S. House and is intended to help remedy pay discrimination women against women. Although great progress has been made, women still earn 77 cents for every dollar a man earns.
 
Organizations such as the Society for Human Resource Management and the National Association of Manufacturers deeply oppose […]

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Federal Law Labor materials are now available to be shipped to businesses. It is dictated by law that U.S. employers are to post information regarding labor laws for their employees. The new posters include changes made in July of 2008 by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission  on religious discrimination and the federal minimum wage increase.
The […]

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The United States Supreme Court recently agreed to review a case that centers on whether women who took pregnancy leave before 1979, when the Pregnancy Discrimination Act went into effect, should be entitled to all the protection and benefits the law provides.  Noreen Hulteen, now age 74, missed 240 days of work after her daughter […]

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A Pittsburgh home improvement company, Champion Window, recently settled a lawsuit accusing the company of racial discrimination against an African American man.  The suit, filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), claimed the company failed to provide Martell Waite with the same tools, benefits, and assistance it provided to other workers in the same […]

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A female Wisconsin street worker was fired for her job for an apparent breach in contract, according to her former employer.  The defendant claims the woman was fired after she failed to remove a pin on the driver’s side of the snow plow while she was testing the vehicle in a parking lot.  The pin […]

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