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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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Sally Beauty Supply, a beauty store, recently settled a racial discrimination suit over an incident that occurred in September 2005.  Felicia Spears, an African American potential employee, was told she had been hired by Sally Beauty.  However, right before her first day on the job, the offer was withdrawn.  A district manager for the chain […]

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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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