Man sues Starwood Hotels for age and sex discrimination, called a "vag
2009-11-09 22:24:00 A 67 year old Glen Ellyn man who worked as a banquet manager for Starwood Hotels is suing the organization for age and sex discrimination. Bernardo Sanhueza Campoy says that he worked for Starwood for nine years without incident until January of this year when his new supervisors, Tim Ohrn and Audiel Alanis, began harassing and micromanaging him in a manner not afforded to similarly situated younger and female coworkers. The complaint states that Ohrn repeatedly asked Campoy when he was going to retire. Campoy also says he received derogatory emails from an email address that appeared to be related to the Sheraton, such as one that stated "Your wife has bigger balls...than you. You have the vagina! You live off...
Man sues DeVry for race discrimination
2009-10-19 22:55:00 In a one page, handwritten complaint Chukwuemeka Okafor is suing DeVry University for race discrimination against African-Americans and cites lower wages, promotions and terminations. He is suing for "One point two million." See the complaint after the jump. For Tweets of recent legal filings and legal news, follow me on Twitter at jenfernicola....
Former Calumet Park cop alleges discrimination by black police chief
2009-10-07 00:21:00 A former Calumet Park police officer who is white is suing the municipality for discrimination he says he was subjected to by the black chief of police. Plaintiff Mark Groszek asserts in the complaint that, since defendant Mark A. Davis became the chief of police in 2002, plaintiff and other white police officers have been "subjected to various forms of harassment by Chief Davis in an effort to get them to quit or to compile enough negative evidence against them to justify their discharge." In May of 2006, Groszek suffered an assault while conducting his duties as a police officer and, over the course of the next two years, experienced pain and panic attacks that made him miss time at...
Carrie Prejean Files Religious Discrimination Suit
2009-09-01 15:29:00 Fallen Miss California Carrie Prejean comes back full force and wants to sue everybody (Keith Lewis and Shanna Moakler), except Donald Trump, the owner of the Miss Universe Organization, for everything, including religious discrimination, defamation, public disclosure of private facts, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligent infliction of emotional distress. This is the perfect timing ...
Age Discrimination in Babysitting
2009-08-26 20:10:00 While browsing through some of the babysitting jobs on Sittercity the other day, I came across a post that specifically stated a preference for "a younger sitter." Sittercity only features sitters who are 18 and older, so it's not like this parent was looking for a preteen, but he definitely wanted someone who had just completed high school.Which begs the question... why?...
Discrimination against Ahmadiyya Muslims in Islamic State of Pakistan
2009-08-13 22:54:00 Discrimination against Ahmadiyya Muslims in Islamic State of Pakistan Posted using ShareThis
Lisa Madigan drops another discrimination lawsuit on Wells Fargo
2009-08-01 01:45:00 Last month, The Chicago Reporter raised the question: "If Baltimore sued Wells Fargo, why aren't we?" Today, the Illinois Attorney General became the latest in a growing line of folks to charge the lending giant with discriminatory lending practices....
Swim club accused of racial discrimination against kids
2009-07-09 22:49:00 Well isn’t this a shame, you have a daycare and you want to take your kids to the swimming pool, nothing wrong with that right? Except, if the daycare kids are made up of Blacks. Racisim strong as ever…read more below from CNN. From Susan Candiotti and Jean Shin CNN (CNN) — A Philadelphia-area day care center said ...
By: Today's Talk
Liberal Supreme Court (?SCOTUS?) Justices Prove To Be Just As Correct On Re
2009-06-30 04:57:00 Why Are The Conservative Justices The Ones Who Rule In Favor Of The Racially-Discriminated While The Liberals Oppose Them? New Haven, Connecticut Part II… Not that long ago, our so-called “liberal” SCOTUS justices ruled in favor of “Big Bidness” during the Kelo... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Archdiocese of Chicago sued over racial discrimination allegations at a Cat
2009-06-25 06:55:00 The mother of a student at St. Bernadette Catholic School in Evergreen Park, Ill. is suing the school, the Archdiocese of Chicago, the school's principal and four teachers, alleging that her son was subjected to a hostile environment at the school and was treated differently because of his race.The student plaintiff is black. According to the complaint, St. Bernadette has a "primarily Caucasian student body and the staff is a primarily Caucasian staff."...
Supreme Court Renders Age Discrimination Impossible To Prove
2009-06-22 17:00:00 Many workers tend to believe that long tenure, a good work ethic and loyalty will be rewarded by their employer. Instead of jumping ship, many have stayed at a particular company with the reliance that such allegiance will reap long term benefits. The Supreme Court just shattered such job security by making it more difficult for older workers to prove age discrimination....
Illinois' Abbott Laboratories sued for gender discrimination
2009-06-19 05:54:00 A longtime employee of a pharmaceutical company based out of north surburban Chicago is suing her company of 27 years, claiming she suffered gender discrimination and retaliation after she reported the discrimination. Olga Jasinsky alleges that her employer Abbott Laboratories did not promote her for 11 years, and that she "received significantly less pay than her similarly situated male colleagues."...
Prop 8 Decision Day: California Upholds Discrimination
2009-06-02 22:13:00 The California Supreme Court upheld the discriminatory Proposition 8 and has yet again told its same sex citizens that they are not worthy of equal protection under the law. While the 18,000 same sex marriages that were performed in the short amount of time that the state recognized gay marriage in 2008 will be ...
By: Menstrual Poetry
Is Wipro Engaging in Discrimination In the United States?
2009-05-21 10:48:00 This article really caught my eye. Indian IT service provider Wipro is increasing the number of US and European workers it employs so its customers in the regions will not stop buying from it if protectionism increases. At the launch of an All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)in February, designed to improve trade between the UK and India, IT suppliers spoke about the dangers of protectionist economic policies. Wipro, which employs 97,000, people, said it wanted to increase the number of employees outside India, and it is easier now because there are more available. Currently, about 8% of its workers are from outside India. Andy Gallagher, consultant at Compass Management Consulting, said Wipro is not alone in increasing the number of staff it has outside India. He said certain roles are traditionally provided by staff local to the customer or by people from India. "The offshore/onshore model, where you fly Indian staff over for a few months at a time,is losing its attractivene...
By: NoSlaves.com
Fear and Anti-Male Discrimination in the Classroom
2009-04-26 03:21:00 In his book The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things, Barry Glassner discusses how Americans have become unnecessarily fearful of many things, thanks in good part to opportunistic politicians, single-minded advocacy groups, sensationalist news media, "news magazine" programming and so on. Such irrational fear complexes ...
Vivek Wadhwa Promotes Age Discrimination Against U.S. Workers
2009-03-05 00:07:00 Once again, we get the idiotorials and biased research trying to claim immigrants are critical to the U.S. economy. Every single time, U.S. workers are ignored, the underemployment of U.S. citizens is discounted, and most of all, the wholesale, institutionalized age discrimination that fires workers over the age of 35 and replaces them with a steady stream of cheap young labor from other countries is endorsed. In Vivek Wadhwa's constant promotion of workers who are not U.S. citizens, once again the prejudice against Americans shows: the vast majority of these returnees were relatively young. The average age was 30 for Indian returnees, and 33 for Chinese... Wadhwa is referring to the workers leaving the United States and returning to their home countries. Note the focus on the keyword young. The implication is if one is experienced, older, magically their talents are no longer worthwhile. This is age discrimination at it's best and interwoven through the United States tech...
By: NoSlaves.com
Government accused of anti-Christian discrimination
2009-02-15 22:49:00 'The British Government was today accused by a shadow minister of failing to prevent "systematic discrimination" against Christians in Britain. Shadow communities minister Stewart Jackson told MPs of a school receptionist who was "on the verge" of suspension for defending her Christian beliefs.Jennie Cain, 38, from Devon, faces the sack for asking a church for prayer support after her five-year-old daughter was told off for talking about God and heaven during a lesson.The incident comes days after nurse Caroline Petrie, from Weston-super-Mare, was suspended for offering to pray for a patient.Speaking from the back benches during exchanges on Commons business, Mr Jackson (Peterborough) called for a debate on "systematic and institutional discrimination towards Christians".He said: "We saw last week the case of Mrs Petrie who was suspended by North Somerset Primary Care Trust and only reinstated after a media furore."This week we see anti-Christian zealots in Devon who are on the ver...
By: Christian Quoter
New anti-discrimination bills expands protections for gay youth and seniors
2009-01-01 19:00:00 Three anti-discrimination bills go into effect today providing expanded protections for gay and lesbian youth and seniors with legislation requiring sensitivity training and instruction on the state's anti-harassment laws. AB 3015 requires administrators and licensed foster parents receive training about state laws that call on schools to be free of harassment and violence. Senate Bill 1729
Discrimination, Discrimination!It is Everywhere!
2008-08-03 04:00:00 It is in your weeds and on your signs. It is around the corner and behind the vines! D-I-S-C-R-I-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N! Don’t look now…. you might be offended at any moment by everyday life. The answer, of course, is to sue or sic the big Bad Government on the (obviously white heterosexual male) offenders. Item Number One: “Men At Work” ...
By: GayPatriot
Christian registrar wins discrimination case
2008-07-10 07:13:00 Christian Institute reports, "A Christian registrar from Islington who was bullied and threatened with the sack because of her religious beliefs on same sex unions has succeeded in her claims of unlawful discrimination by the council.In its unanimous judgment, the employment tribunal found that Miss Lillian Ladele was directly discriminated against by Islington Council after she asked to be allowed not to perform civil partnership registrations.Miss Ladele was supported by her Legal team, James Dingemans QC and Mark Jones of Ormerods solicitors. The case was financed by The Christian Institute?s Legal Defence Fund.The highly significant ruling confirmed that the various acts of direct discrimination committed against Miss Ladele by Islington Council on the grounds of her religious belief included: failing to consider her for promotion; deciding to discipline her and threatening her with dismissal; concluding she had committed gross misconduct; failing to redress allegations that she...
By: Christian Quoter
Harman pushes discrimination plan
2008-06-26 14:58:00 BBC says, "Equality minister Harriet Harman has set out plans to allow firms to discriminate in favour of female and ethnic minority job candidates. She said firms should be able to choose a woman over a man of equal ability if they wanted to - or vice versa." So it is OK to discriminate against men in general and the majority community in particular. Harman's post should be renamed as the minister for inequality and social engineering.
By: Christian Quoter
Japan Recognizes Discrimination Against Ainu
2008-06-07 09:05:00 The Japanese parliament finally got around to acknowledging the ongoing discrimination in their country against its original inhabitants– the Ainu. A resolution passed by parliament recognized the Ainu have their own language and language and will now be recognized as being in the category of an indigenous people. The resolution states: “As the Government, we ...
Other Prevalent Issues as Race Discrimination
2008-06-04 16:40:00 Race discrimination may be considered as one of the most common forms of discrimination in the workplace. Despite growing cultural diversity in today?s workforce, it seems unimaginable to realize that racial prejudice still exists.
How to Deal with Employment Discrimination
2008-06-02 16:52:00 Although many employees in California, particularly in Los Angeles, are experiencing some sort of discrimination from their employers, only a few understand their rights and pursue legal actions for suitable compensation.
Europe?s Anti-Discrimination Madness Goes On and On and On?
2008-06-01 17:35:00 This communiqué from Jean-Marie Le Pen summarizes another directive from the European Union on “multiple discrimination”…. Scarcely had the French Parliament transposed [into the French Constitution] three directives from the EU on the fight against discrimination, than the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the European Commission to decree a new directive, this one against ...
By: I Call BS!
Prosecute universities and colleges that flout discrimination law, urges un
2008-05-29 11:55:00 Colleges and universities are failing to write ra
Is Plus Size Discrimination on the Rise?
2008-05-23 12:57:00 I came across an interesting article talking about some recent research into weight discrimination.Yale university have entered into studies that show that more and more people are facing discrimination due to their weight, a problem which is so widespread it's often more prevalent than race & gender discrimination.According to Yale there has been a 66% increase in the past decade, to include situations like healthcare and the workplace.Sandy Schaffer of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance says she experienced this first hand. 'I was told point blank, that I was qualified enough and that I was smart enough and capable of doing the job, but they wouldn't offer me the job because I was too fat,' Schaffer said.When asked if the employer was that blunt, Schaffer said, 'Point blank, those words.Schaffer is now fighting back with the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance. She's trying to get 'weight' and 'height' added to anti-discrimination laws.Thes...
£5,000 sex discrimination award to woman against laddish direct marketing f
2008-05-22 11:23:00 Telesales account manager Theresa Bailey was recently awarded £5,146 by an employment tribunal after her manager forced her to wear a badge proclaiming "I'm Simple". Bailey, 43 - the only woman on her sales team at Kent dir
Discrimination alleged in taxi protest in Laois
2008-05-21 20:40:00 AS Laois taxi drivers took their protest to the streets recently, a startling claim was made that non-national taxi drivers have been frozen out and weren’t invited to join in with the protest. (...)
By: Taxi Blog
Government May Have Massive Surveillance Program for Use in National Emerge
2008-05-21 19:39:00 AlterNet ?Main Core,? a program that authorizes ?computer searches through massive [unspecified] electronic databases? in order to discover ?potential threats? in the event of a ?national emergency?: According to a senior government official??There exists a database of Americans, who, often for the slightest and most trivial reason, are considered unfriendly, and who, in a time of panic, might be incarcerated. The database can identify and locate perceived ?enemies of the state? almost instantaneously.? ? One knowledgeable source claims that 8 million Americans are now listed in Main Core as potentially suspect. In the event of a national emergency, these people could be subject to everything from heightened surveillance and tracking to direct questioning and possibly even detention. These so-called ?Continuity of Governance? plans, Radar notes, ?are shrouded in extreme secrecy, effectively unregulated by Congress or the courts.? ?Main Core is the table of contents for all th...
Lending Discrimination: HUD Launches Campaign
2008-05-21 00:00:00 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that it has launched a national public service announcement (PSA) campaign that will educate the public, especially minorities, about their rights under the lending provisions of the federal Fair Housing Act.
Autistic Boy Banned from Church
2008-05-20 21:58:00 I was Googling for Health News today, and came across this story. BERTHA, Minn. May 19, 2008 A Catholic priest has filed a restraining order against the parents of a severely autistic 13-year-old boy in an effort to keep him from attending the church in Bertha on Sundays. The Rev. Daniel Walz alleges that Adam Race’s unruly behavior ...
By: fracas
Mental Coaching: Women Overcoming Discrimination
2008-05-14 10:31:00 By scaling the corporate ladder of success, it is true to say that the fairer gender has made it’s mark in all walks of life and breaking into a male bastion as well. There are however still instances of discrimination to be faced, be it unintentional or intended, it is therefore vital that these women receive special training in order to be able to cope with the enormous challenges presented to them. One of the integral parts of this is mental coaching.
By: ArticleRow.com
Labor Law Violation on Age Discrimination
2008-05-08 20:40:00 One of the most unaccepted labor law violations is age discrimination. It is unlawful under the Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) to discriminate an employee on the basis of age.
Statute of Limitations on Discrimination and Harassment Claims
2008-05-08 20:17:00 Discrimination and harassment are two of the most common concern in the employment arena. Annually, hundreds of employees are dismissed because of these causes. Through the years, these suits have been the basis of wrongful termination suits. Millions of dollars are spent on settlements or court proceedings due to these grounds.
We don't want to be accused of discrimination
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By: Aidan Maconachy
Photo: sexual discrimination rears its ugly head
2008-05-05 00:30:00 In my article Muslim Lies I laughed at the absurd statement of Amr Khaled, a Muslim televangelist in the UK, who wrote: "In Islam, women are equal to men in all senses, in front of God and the law." Of course, anyone who reads blogs other than The Daily Kos knows that women under Islamic law only have half the equality of men. A women who is raped needs 8 female witnesses to 4 male witnesses. A reader left a comment calling me "a biased fool." Perhaps he's right; perhaps I have overlooked discrimination of women in my own backyard. So I searched the Internet to see if there are public places in America, infidel places, that do indeed treat women differently than men. What is more non-Muslim than a pub, I thought to myself; what I found was quite disturbing: Sexual discrimination in America; will it never end? Related: There are a number of Bar Supply companies that sell the sign, further promoting this disgusting treatment of women. Sadly, I do not make a commissi...
How to Handle Discrimination Tactfully During the Interview Process?
2008-05-04 11:45:00 On the job discrimination is more common than you might think, and you need to know how to handle discrimination when, not if, it becomes an issue in your workplace. This is a lot easier if you already have a job, but what if you feel that you are being discriminated during the interview process? ...
[Interesting] Congress passes measure to ban DNA discrimination amid cries
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Medical Marijuana discrimination?
2008-04-28 06:01:00 Here is a simple, yet, controversial question: If someone has used marijuana - even if used for medical reasons - should this prohibit him or her from being considered to be on a transplant list? Hospitals throughout this great nation struggle with this question every day. Timothy Garon (pictured above) is a patient at the University of Washington Medical Center. He has end stage Hepatitis C and, according to this Associated Press story, may be in his final days without a liver transplant.But Garon's been refused a spot on the transplant list, largely because he has used marijuana, even though it was legally approved for medical reasons. "I'm not angry, I'm not mad, I'm just confused," said Garon, lying in his hospital bed a few minutes after a doctor told him the hospital transplant committee's decision Thursday.With the scarcity of donated organs, transplant committees like the one at the University of Washington Medical Center use tough standards, including whether the candi...
By: Doctor Anonymous
Just Say No to Food Discrimination...
2008-04-25 18:22:00 Yesterday, I was killing some time with friends at World Market. We were browsing the international foods section when I felt compelled to seek out Vegemite. After a long search over countless aisles, I found Marmite, but no trace of the Aussie staple!Apparently, while a US ban on Vegemite was only rumoured years ago, no one imports it here anymore.Hello! It's made by Kraft Foods! How fair is that?Supposedly, it's because it contains folates, which the FDA only allows in breads and cereals (and, ironically, my sister was told to take by a doctor because it's good for growing babies). Not to mention the other nutritional benefits of the brown goo...I did my own digging with the FDA and found that it lacks nutritional information and "the common or usual name of each ingredient"... but US customs makes no mention of a ban on their site.Not fair! I've wanted to try Vegemite for years! Perhaps someone in Oz will take pity on me and discreetly send a small jar. If it really is banned...
By: Spooked!
Labor Laws And Age Discrimination Do Not Mix
2008-04-24 18:34:00 Under state laws, employers are prohibited from discriminating employees who are 40 years old and above. The law is clear that one should not be discriminated because of their age.
HUD Charges Louisiana Couple With Housing Discrimination
2008-04-24 00:00:00 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced it is charging a Louisiana couple with racial discrimination in connection with the sale of a privately owned townhome. HUD claims Reggie and Kimberly Collier complained to a local real estate firm showing the home and threatened to deny the new owners utilities after they observed an African-American woman viewing the property. The African-American woman was, in fact, a sales agent representing prospective homebuyers who were white.
Discrimination and Harassment Claims
2008-04-21 21:13:00 Not all employment discrimination or harassment claims have their merits. These cases must be well supported by sufficient and credible evidences to flourish and subsequently succeed in court. The plaintiffs must see to it that their allegations are valid and that they were able to document the violations of their employers to have better chances of winning their lawsuits. It will also be helpful if they managed to find some witnesses to testify on their behalf. Otherwise, their cases may just put them in a much problematic situation.
Protect Breast Cancer Survivors From Discrimination
2008-04-21 00:33:00 Did you know that there is a genetic test that can help people find out if their family history of breast cancer may be due to a genetic mutation?Unfortunately, if you are tested - and your results are positive - there are very few federal protections preventing insurance companies from denying you coverage due to your genetic condition. This has led many to forgo testing, denying them important information that could help them manage their health and the health of their families. But there is something we can do to change this! The Senate is debating a bill called the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), which would make it illegal to discriminate based on genetic information.Click here to urge your Senator to support fair access to preventative treatments!Preventing these protections could cost lives - lives of real people like Bridget Mooney.Bridget Mooney graduated in 2005 with a degree in International Relations from Boston University. But just one week after...
By: BasilandSpice
Transformer protection and CB discrimination
2008-04-20 08:36:00 Hello all I have been designing LV system to ensure discrimination between the main switch and each of two submain distribution CBs - with the intention to keep one submain live if there is a fault on another (main switch won't trip). I don't know anything about how the transformer is prot
CBI claims gender pay gap is not caused by discrimination
2008-04-15 13:10:00 The gender pay gap gets worse with age because of the jobs women are employed in, not because of discrimination, according |
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