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AirTran Airways to Pay $1 Million in Back Wages & Damages for Firing...
The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ordered AirTran Airways (ATA) to reinstate a pilot the company has fired in 2007 for reporting multiple mechanical concerns....
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Ruling May Expand FMLA Protection
Some companies assume they can ignore the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) when it comes to employees who haven’t yet reached their anniversary dates. Yet that belief was directly overturned this...
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Seeing Disabilities as an Asset in the Workplace
Many people identify Berkeley with the Free Speech Movement of 1960s, but few know that Berkeley was also a central player in the disability rights movement. Berkeley’s campus is where Ed Roberts — a...
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Sanitation Workers Extend Strike to Seattle
Disruptions In Trash and Recycling Pickups Predicted as Workers Strike Against Republic’s Labor Law Violations and Attacks on Health Care Workers at Republic Services/Allied Waste – the second largest...
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Favorite “Made in America” Items
See results of a recent poll of everyone’s favorite “Made in America” items. Topping the list of favorites? Slugger baseball bats, Miller Beer and anything sweet —Oreos, Hershey Kisses and Russell...
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Even Among Doctors, Women Earn Less
While the gender gap in income is already well-known in the American workplace, many believe that medicine is one of the few fields in which men and women identical the same hours and producing...
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12-Year-Old Boy Scout Leader “Ashamed of Ban on Gay Members”
“The Boy Scouts of America’s hurtful discrimination does nothing good for the organization. It teaches boys to hate other kids, and it tells gay youth that there is something wrong with them when there...
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Wrongful Termination? Lifeguard Fired for Saving a Drowning Man, Then Asked...
Last month the media gave widespread publicity to the strange case of lifeguard Tomas Lopez, who was fired for leaving his post to save a drowning man. After observing the swimmer in distress, Lopez...
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Gay Doctors Recount Decades of Progress in Medicine
A poignant article recently featured in the New York Times addresses the question, Does Medicine Discourage Gay Doctors? Written by Pauline Chen, M.D., the piece primarily focuses on the personal and...
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Boeing Unclear about Pension Benefits for Gay Spouses
A spokesperson from Boeing reports that the company will enter contract talks with its engineering union over its formal refusal to provide survivor pensions to spouses of gay employees. While the...
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Women in Combat: A Historic Gain for Workplace Equality
In a historic announcement yesterday, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta stood with other military leaders to officially lift the ban on women serving in combat, stating that female soldiers are an...
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Absurdity #271: Banning Gay Scouts When We Have Gay Marines
“Gay troops can fight for the country and be maimed or killed, but they can’t be scouts?” Aaron Belkin, a Political Science scholar at San Francisco University and author of “Bring Me Men: Military...
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Employers Worry About Workplace Obesity
While employers across the country are taking measures to address obesity in the workplace, much work remains to be done, and businesses need additional tools and resources, especially among small and...
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Working Moms Out-Earn Childless Women in Some High Positions, New Study Shows
Working Moms Out-Earn Childless Women in Some High Positions, New Study Shows - Emery | Reddy, PLLC, Seattle L&I Attorneys Working mothers are in one of the most challenging positions in today’s...
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Jump in Income for Top 1%, While Growth Stagnates for the 99%
Jump in Income for Top 1%, While Growth Stagnates for the 99% - Emery | Reddy, PLLC, Seattle L&I Attorneys During the recent economic recovery, income increased for the top 1 percent of earners by...
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Guide Dog Service for Workers with Disabilities
Guide Dog Service for Workers with Disabilities - Emery | Reddy, PLLC, Seattle L&I AttorneysDid you know that the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) founded...
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Jobs with Biggest – and Smallest – Gender Pay Gap
Jobs with Biggest – and Smallest – Gender Pay Gap - Emery | Reddy, PLLC, Seattle L&I AttorneysWhile some improvements in gender inequality have been made in the past decades, the unacceptable fact...
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Discrimination Against Smokers?
Discrimination Against Smokers? - Emery | Reddy, PLLC, Seattle L&I AttorneysA growing number of job-seekers are facing new requirements: “no smoking.” And this doesn’t just apply at work, but in...
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New Pay-scale Research Challenges Mainstream Explanation for Why Women Earn...
New Pay-scale Research Challenges Mainstream Explanation for Why Women Earn Less Than Men - Emery | Reddy, PLLC, Seattle L&I AttorneysMen and women employed in the same position actually earn...
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Whole Foods May Face Employment Discrimination Lawsuit
Whole Foods May Face Employment Discrimination Lawsuit - Emery | Reddy, PLLC, Seattle L&I AttorneysA few weeks ago, two employees at an Albuquerque Whole Foods Market were suspended after they...
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