Disability Discrimination In Employment News
Les Schwab pays $2 million to settle EEOC suit (KTVZ Bend) - 11 Mar 2010
Bend-based Les Schwab Tire Centers has paid $2 million to settle a hiring discrimination suit brought four years ago by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Attorney General says colleges can’t protect gays (The Virginia Gazette) - 11 Mar 2010
RICHMOND – State Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is asking the state’s public colleges and universities to rescind their policies banning discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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Autism Employment Campaigners Claim Victory From Government, UK (Medical News Today) - 11 Mar 2010
The Government announced Jobcentre Plus staff are to receive autism training in the adult autism strategy published on 3rd March. The National Autistic Society (NAS) celebrated the move, in response to their Don't write me off campaign, along with a raft of new measures to tackle the routine isolation, ignorance and inequality routinely experienced by people with autism in England...
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Virginia governor counters state attorney general's advice on gays (Deseret News) - 10 Mar 2010
Gov. Bob McDonnell directed state agencies not to discriminate against gay people in employment practices Wednesday,...
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McDonnell Won't Tolerate Gay Discrimination (WUSA 9 Washington, D.C.) - 10 Mar 2010
Governor of Virginia directs state agencies not to discriminate against gay people in employment practices.
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Va. gov counters state attorney general's advice that colleges can't bar gay discrimination (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - 10 Mar 2010
RICHMOND, Va. - Gov. Bob McDonnell directed state agencies not to discriminate against gay people in employment practices Wednesday, essentially overriding the Virginia attorney general's advice to public colleges.
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Governor issues directive against discrimination (Culpeper Star-Exponent) - 10 Mar 2010
Del. Joseph D. Morrissey, D-Henrico, made a House floor speech today asking the governor to back banning discrimination against gays.
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Governor issues directive against discrimination (Richmond Times-Dispatch) - 10 Mar 2010
After day of protests and legislative maneuvering, governor issues Executive Directive No. 1 to defuse gay bias controversy that started with attorney general’s opinion.
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Recession elevates pregnancy discrimination (Long Island Business News) - 10 Mar 2010
Pregnancy discrimination cases have risen in recent times, and the current economic and political climate will likely add fuel to the fire. According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, pregnancy discrimination complaints climbed from 3,977 in fiscal year 1997 to 6,196 for fiscal year 2009, a 56 percent increase. This category rose significantly more sharply [...]
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Study focuses on disability and employment among working-age immigrants in the U.S. (News-Medical-Net) - 9 Mar 2010
Currently, foreign-born people make up approximately 13 percent of the total U.S. population. As the immigrant population grows, understanding its disability status and employment characteristics becomes increasingly important.
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