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Sunday, February 15, 2015
African American Jessie James Williams grew up in a small town in Arkansas, where water fountains in the town said "white only". He was later fired in Las Vegas after working for the same employer, a waste collection company, for 31 years. Read more . . .
Thursday, February 5, 2015
 A person should not need botox treatments to keep their job. Yet persons may feel the intense pressure by their employers to look young or risk being terminated. Women and men in their 40's sometimes resort to plastic surgery but it may not make any difference to the employer who wants only youth in the workforce. Read more . . .
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Despite numerous laws prohibiting age discrimination in employment, claims for unlawful termination based on age discrimination are still being filed throughout the country, and a greater number are being filed every year. Age discrimination is a particularly insidious form of discrimination because older workers may experience further discrimination when they apply for new comparable work. Persons terminated because of their age may suffer the most as a result. It is a double whammy, even when the results of a age discrimination termination lawsuit are successful for the Plaintiff.The problem is exacerbated due to age itself being the discriminatory factor. Read more . . .
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Several recent housing discrimination cases, one which settled in March 2013 and another decided December 2012, demonstrate that discrimination in housing still exists despite implementation of fair housing laws.
In addition to federal laws which prohibit discrimination in housing, The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. Read more . . .
Monday, March 4, 2013
A bill to Support the Goals and Ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day was introduced in the House of Representatives on Feb. 6, 2013.
The first annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day was organized on February 23, 2001., February 7th of each year is now recognized as National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced Read more . . .
Sunday, February 24, 2013
 The Unites States Department of Justice Department settled with a school for discrimination against child who has HIV. The United States Department of Justice brought a suit against Milton Hershey School of Hershey, Pa., in 2011. The suit alleged that the Milton Hershey School violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by the school’s refusal to consider a child for enrollment due to the fact that the child has HIV.
The federal lawsuit was filed in November 2011, Civil Action No. Read more . . .
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Some people think that the days of race discrimination in employment are over. This is not true as is evidenced in part by a finding by The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission which found blatant race discrimination at a nationwide clothing retailer that is geared for young women. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a statement that the nationwide retailer, Wet Seal, illegally discriminated against a former store manager who is African- American solely because of her race. One of Wet Seal’s executives visited the King of Prussia, Pa. store and later complained in a memo about too many black employees at the manager’s store in Pennsylvania. Read more . . .
Monday, December 31, 2012
 A Jury verdict for plaintiff was affirmed in employment discrimination lawsuit brought against UMDNJ based on “cat’s paw” liability, an idea conceived from a 17th century fable.
If a supervisor terminates an employee for discriminatory reasons, the termination is unlawful. The terminated employee has a cause of action based on the supervisor's discriminatory animus.
However an employer's liability for discrimination was expanded in a US Supreme Court case Read more . . .
Saturday, December 22, 2012
The United States Supreme Court will be deciding the meaning of word "supervisor" in the work discrimination context in a case brought against Ball State University, the employer, by employee Maetta Vance, who was a catering assistant and who was the only black employee in the catering department of Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. The United States Supreme Court has yet to decide this issue but this matter will be decided by the Court in the case of Vance V.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
All employers are subject to disability discrimination laws, even government agencies.
Ironically, the government agency that is responsible for protecting workers from discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, can itself be sued for discrimination by its own employees. Even Administrative Law Judges can file claims agianst the government agency that employs them if that agency is discriminating against them based on disability, race, and other protected classes.
That is exactly what happened when a former employee of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against them alleging that they discriminated against her because of her disability.
The Read more . . .
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Racial discrimination or discrimination based on national origin in business practices, including mortgages, is illegal under numerous state and federal statutes. No prospective home buyer should be discriminated against, denied purchasing the house of their dreams, or be forced to pay a higher cost mortgage because of their race or national origin. Some businesses still fail to comply with the law.
GFI Mortgage Bankers Inc., a large independent home mortgage firm has agreed to pay over $3. Read more . . .
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