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Would Budget Cuts at EEOC Help or Hurt Your Company?

Would Budget Cuts at EEOC Help or Hurt Your Company?

Be careful what you wish for. If your company thinks cutbacks at the EEOC would mean less likelihood of discrimination lawsuits, think again.

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EEOC Identifies LGBT Protection As ‘Emerging Issue’

EEOC Identifies LGBT Protection As ‘Emerging Issue’

Agency offers recourse even though LGBT people are not specifically included in Title VII.

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$3.4B Class-Action Lawsuit Ends: 350,000 American Indians to Receive Payout

$3.4B Class-Action Lawsuit Ends: 350,000 American Indians to Receive Payout

The 17-year lawsuit’s settlement includes $1,000 checks for American Indian beneficiaries and a scholarship fund.

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New ‘Supervisor’ Definitions Could Increase Discrimination Lawsuits

New ‘Supervisor’ Definitions Could Increase Discrimination Lawsuits

The Supreme Court’s decision could reduce employer liability, but it also may increase racial-discrimination and sexual-harassment cases.

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Who Can’t Be Sued for Discrimination?

Who Can’t Be Sued for Discrimination?

Your company may be exempt from employment laws, but you can still get sued. Here’s what you need to know.

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Affirmative Action: What If the Supreme Court Ends It?

Affirmative Action: What If the Supreme Court Ends It?

Will the Supreme Court’s verdict on Fisher v. University of Texas undo the last 10 years of diversity progress in higher education?

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HR & Legal: Setting Goals

HR & Legal: Setting Goals

MasterCard uses diversity success to win business through RFPs.

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Gay-Cure Ban Stops ‘Quackery’ Therapy

Gay-Cure Ban Stops ‘Quackery’ Therapy

California’s legislation is the first to protect LGBT youth from damaging mental-health treatments.

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American Airlines Employees Humiliate Family of Boy With Down Syndrome

American Airlines Employees Humiliate Family of Boy With Down Syndrome

A teenager with Down syndrome is singled out as a flight risk for smiling and playing with a baseball cap. Watch the action on video.

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Virginia Swim Club Backs Down After Gay Couple Sues

Virginia Swim Club Backs Down After Gay Couple Sues

Does the more LGBT-friendly “household membership” option at a Virginia swim club mean a discrimination lawsuit will be dropped? Or is it just “separate but equal”?

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Workplace Diversity: 5 Legal Challenges of Work/Life Programs

Workplace Diversity: 5 Legal Challenges of Work/Life Programs

Workplace diversity includes work/life, but can offering employees flexibility and other benefits get you in trouble? Here are the pitfalls to avoid.

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Diversity Management: Tyler Clementi Case Sentencing Offers Lesson in Preventing Bias Tragedies

Diversity Management: Tyler Clementi Case Sentencing Offers Lesson in Preventing Bias Tragedies

Diversity management is vital to preventing more tragedies like the suicide of Tyler Clementi, a lesson critical today as Dharun Ravi was sentenced to 30 days of jail time.

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Was ‘Good Riddance, B—-!’ Sexual Harassment?

Was ‘Good Riddance, B—-!’ Sexual Harassment?

Diversity and inclusion: Was an inclusive corporate culture threatened when a male coworker shouted this to a female financial adviser who had just resigned?

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