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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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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.” The older labor pool represents a proven, committed, and diverse set of workers,” the Deloitte report says.

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OFCCP Announces New AAP Requirements for Federal Contractors

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Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is following through on its commitment to prioritize pay equity and ramp up enforcement of employee diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Going forward, federal contractors and subcontractors must take extra steps to demonstrate their workplaces are equitable.

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Can HR really fix organisations’ diversity problems?

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Instances of racism, harassment and discrimination have, for many workers who identify as part of a minority group, sadly been part of and parcel of working life for too long. The growing strength of the Black Lives Matter movement has thrown the spotlight on instances of racism and a lack of inclusion at organisations around the world.

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6 Ways to Avoid Age Bias in Your Job Descriptions

Ongig

A study conducted by AARP and the Economist Intelligence Unit found that age discrimination against older adults cost the economy $850 billion in 2018 alone. Note: Most age discrimination lawsuits relate to The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) which forbids age discrimination against people who are age 40 or older.

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Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace: The Benefits & Why it Matters

Empuls

Diversity and inclusion, which are the real grounds for creativity, must remain at the center of what we do. Marco Bizzarri One could argue that the reason our vast and diverse human race has evolved into this well-oiled machine of progress and precision is that each one of us brings something unique and valuable to the table.

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Civil Rights Law Opens Door for DACA Recipients to File Alienage Discrimination Claims

HR Daily Advisor

In 2014, a federal court in New York pronounced that refusing to hire DACA recipients with employment authorization could constitute “alienage discrimination” under the Civil Rights Act of 1866. National origin discrimination and citizenship status discrimination are distinct in nature.