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A lawsuit has been filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the independent Austin-based insurance company, Time Insurance Agency, Inc., for discrimination against a potential employee because she was pregnant.
According to the lawsuit, Time Insurance Agency, Inc. refused to hire a fully qualified female applicant for a position as a bond department assistant […]

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In unrelated incidents, two former employees of the University of Pennsylvania have filed lawsuits against the school, both claiming they were the victims of discrimination while working there.
One lawsuit was filed by Lucretia Nelson, a U.S. citizen of Liberian descent, who worked at the University’s Medical Center as a certified nursing assistant from June 1989 […]

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The LPGA could face backlash for a new regulation requiring all golfers on the LPGA tour to speak English.  Currently, the LPGA tour has 121 international players representing 26 countries.
There have been mixed reactions, so far, to the possibility of the LPGA instituting an English policy.  While many individuals claim that […]

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Whitehall, a jewelers located in Fairfield, California recently settled a religious discrimination suit out of court. Plaintiff Shereen Attia filed the suit in July 2007 after being turned down for a job, allegedly because she wears a head scarf. Attia claims that she had previously worked at another jewlers owned by Whitehall until she lost […]

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Under the terms of a recent settlement, a Japanese steakhouse and sushi bar chain agreed to pay $80,000 to two former employees who were allegedly harassed and discriminated against in the workplace.
Marta Yolanda Elias Garcia, Francisca Elizabeth Carrillos Lopez, and several other female Hispanic workers complained to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) about unwanted […]

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