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Category Archives: Gender Discrimination
Sexual Harassment in the Agricultural Industry
Nearly 25% of all U.S. farm workers are women. Many if not most of these women are immigrants, many of them undocumented. They help produce most of the food that is eventually served and eaten at tables all across America. The cheap labor that...
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Violations of the Equal Pay Act
On June 10th 1963, President John F Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law, to prohibit discrimination “on account of sex in the payment of wages by employers engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce” The Equal Pay Act...
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Are Employers Violating Civil Rights Laws by Requesting Your Facebook Password?
A civil right is an enforceable right or privilege, which if interfered with by another gives rise to a cause of action. Examples of civil rights are freedom of speech, press, and assembly; the right to vote; freedom from involuntary servitude; and...
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NYPD Lawyer Says She Was Denied Promotion Due to Pregnancy
THE NYPD is being sued by one of its own lawyers claiming she lost out on a promised promotion because she was pregnant. "Why should we promote her if she is going out on maternity leave," Wechsler allegedly told Messner, according to the gender...
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School for scandal
Medgar Evers College is a real-life animal house. The dean of freshman studies said yesterday she was the target of a sexual-harassment campaign. Dean Gale Gibson said provost Dr. Howard C. Johnson made nasty jokes questioning the paternity of her...
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NYPD Sergeant Alleges Male on Male Sexual Harassment
A NYPD sergeant has filed a complaint that claims he's being sexually harassed by his male boss. Sgt. Nelson Fernandez, a nine-year NYPD veteran, said he's "fed up" with the unwanted advances from Transit District No. 4 commander Deputy Inspector...
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