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Search results for "workplace discrimination" ...
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What Really Happened at Fire Station 5?
"These stories followed a year in the life of the Los Angeles Fire Department as it fought claims of racial, gender and workplace discrimination. The stories also centered on teh City Attorney's Office and how it handlede the bulk of lawsuits and claims -- amidst public outrage."
Tags: fire department; city government; harrassment; courts; discrimination
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The black avenger: Milton Crawford exposes the DWP's big whitewash ... racism, intimidation and harassment
This investigation exposed a decades-long cover-up of racism and harassment by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The story revealed how the nation's largest public utility and the city attorney's office used illegal confidential settlements to conceal nearly $10 million in outside legal costs and settlements stemming from workplace discrimination, harassment, and intimidation at the Department of Water and Power.
Tags: Los Angeles; Department of Water and Power; racism; workplace discrimination; sexual harassment
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Help Wanted
NBC News Dateline reports about "age discrimination in the workplace. We spent approximately 2 months sending 2 women, one younger, one older, on a series of job interviews to see how they would be treated when applying for retail jobs. In specific, would the older woman have a more difficult time getting a job? .... our story was able to shed light on the subtle and not so subtle signs of how - many times - a younger applicant has a better chance for getting a job compared to an older applicant..."
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Don't Even Think About It
New York Times Magazine examines the new battle zone in workplace sexual harassment: consensual relations between unequals. As human resource departments crack down on romance, the line between private life and work life is blurred.
Tags: Business; Discrimination; Feminism
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With the first of the baby boomers now entering their fifties, Money decided to take a tough look at the problems older employees face in the workplace. A three-month investigation demonstrated that age bias remains pervasive three decades after Congress enacted the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to protect workers 40 and older. Even more surprising Money reports, is that the problem may be getting worse. (July, 1996)
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Whose Business is it anyway?
The Kansas City (MO) Business Journal series examines the issue of federal regulation of business, focusing on the Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The series documents how the cost of many regulations far exceeds their benefits, the unrealistic risk assessments that the EPA relies on, the arbitrary nature of OSHA's enforcement actions and the effectiveness of workplace discrimination rules that fall under the EEOC, November - December, 1994.
Tags: Margolies Menninger