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Unemployment Discrimination Rears Head Again

HRExecutive

With the economy slowly, but surely making its way back (at least for now), cases involving unemployment discrimination have taken a back seat to recruiting and talent management, as stories go. 2014 State of the Union address to give more long-term-unemployed Americans a “fair shot” at a job. Sharing best practices.”

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Was Graveyard Shift Transfer a Result of Discrimination?

HR Daily Advisor

A federal judge in Aberdeen, Mississippi recently heard an employee’s claims that she was rescheduled to the graveyard shift as a result of discrimination and that she had been subjected to a hostile work environment. To state a claim for discrimination, an employee must demonstrate that she suffered an adverse employment action.

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Riot Games Settles Gender Discrimination Lawsuit at $100 Million

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Entertainment company Riot Games recently settled a multi-year-long gender discrimination class-action lawsuit with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). Some $80 million will be awarded to female employees who worked at the company between November 2014 and the present day.

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Listen Closely! 5th Circuit Court Hears Stuttering Employee’s ADA Claims

HR Daily Advisor

Charlie contended that as a result of his workplace stress, he had a panic attack while he was driving and got into a car accident in February 2014. The ADA forbids a covered employer from discriminating against a qualified individual on the basis of a disability with regard to the terms, conditions, and privileges of his employment.

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The Aging Workforce: Succession Planning and Retention

HR Daily Advisor

Succession planning presents another age discrimination risk. Thirteen countries are expected to have ‘superaged’ populations—where more than one in five people is 65 or older—by 2020, up from just three in 2014.” Today we’ll look at more tipis, including succession planning and making the most of an older workforce.

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Fighting Ageism: Author Wendy Sachs Shares Her Struggle to Find Work After 40

Cornerstone On Demand

Ageism is a citadel of discrimination on which we still need to launch a steady assault. Older Candidates Have a Lot to Offer In 2014, Sachs lost her job. In the tech world, 40 is, in some ways, the new 60. We may be living longer and many of us now want to work longer as well, but fortune favors the young.

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$395K ‘Onionhead’ religious discrimination award stands

HR Morning

A Syosset, NY company sued by the EEOC for religious discrimination after employees said they were fired for refusing to participate in religious practices lost its bid to get a $394,991 award struck down and to get a new trial in the case. The post $395K ‘Onionhead’ religious discrimination award stands appeared first on HR Morning.