Discrimination In The Workplace

By Julie Feinberg It's all well and good to want to have it all with a successful career and family life. But most women who want children at some point face a big dilemma: How do you take time off with the new baby without killing your chances for advancement and increased earnings? Of women who go ...

By Ryan J. Foley IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- After years of litigation, a judge will soon decide whether to grant thousands of black employees and job applicants monetary damages for hiring practices used by every agency of Iowa state government that they say has disadvantaged them for decades. ...

There is something strange about the Boston Police Department. The city is about 24 percent black, according to the 2010 census, but of the 51 lieutenants on the force, just two are black men. Of 23 captains, the only black man retired yesterday. In 2008, dozens of police officers filed a federal lawsuit ...

Members of the Sikh community in the San Francisco Bay area have told U.S. law enforcement officials that they face severe workplace discrimination and hate, and want the federal government to be more vigilant in pursuing such crimes. Hundreds of Sikhs from the region met Sunday with U.S. Attorney Melinda ...

Competition is tougher than ever in the workplace whether looking for a promotion or re-entering the job market. And if you're carrying an extra 15, or more lbs., you may find yourself faced with weight discrimination. Research from Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity reported that weight ...

By Kaitlin Madden There's no question that job searching gets harder after the age of 50. Although age discrimination is illegal, that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Many employers have pre-conceived notions about older workers. Among the most common: Their salaries are high, their energy is low and they're ...

Our attitudes towards HIV have progressed a lot in the 30 decades since it was first discovered. We know you can't catch it from touching an infected person. We know it's not just a disease for gay men and drug users (today, African Americans are the most at-risk group). But prejudice is a stubborn thing. A ...

Wal-Mart discriminated against female employees in its 451 Texas stores, according to a class action lawsuit filed Friday. Four months ago, the Supreme Court threw out a nationwide class action suit against the world's largest retailer, on the grounds that all of the store's 1.5 million female employees were ...

Around 3.3 million Americans are allergic to nuts. As a country, we have become more aware of this condition over the last decade, with some schools declaring themselves peanut-free zones. But according to a new lawsuit, many remain insensitive to people with peanut allergies, and are even outright hostile. ...