A HuffPost investigation shows hundreds of working mothers across the United States continue to be discriminated against over breastfeeding their children. The report details 376 federal investigations from 2010 through 2018. Complaints continue despite the enactment...
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4 examples of age discrimination you might not notice
Despite being illegal for more than five decades, older workers continue to face discrimination at their job. In recent years, age-related discrimination complaints have made up just over one-fifth of all charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
What is GINA? How does it relate to FMLA discrimination?
Genetic testing can determine your predisposition or increased risk of major illnesses, such cancer. It is now recognized that 5 - 10% of breast cancer cases are hereditary. A mutation of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 can affect the repair of cells and normal growth. Having the...
NachtLaw Represents Professors Under Investigation
The US Government is currently investigating Chinese American researchers in a variety of fields who get funding from Chinese institutions. This Washington Post article, "Scrutiny of Chinese American scientists raises fears of ethnic profiling", raises the perspective...
From pregnancy discrimination to negative actions against parents
While great strides have been made to improve workplace conditions and increase economic opportunities for women, there continues to be discrimination. Pregnancy discrimination is one of the most common. For decades, women have felt the pressure to choose between...
Michigan emergency rooms are jammed.
It's not just emergency rooms; it's jails too. Decades ago, we wrongly warehoused the severely mentally ill. In the1970-1980s we abandoned that approach. In part, this was due to civil liberties lawsuits. It was also due to cultural change brought about by films such...
Jew hating and killing is on the rise
We are changing as a nation, and in one particular respect, not for the better. Jew hating and Jew killing is on the rise. Jews have generally felt safe to worship and gather as communities in the US since the founding of the Republic. AntiSemitism was prevalent for...
Fear of covert retaliation silences harassment claims in medicine
In 2018, the fight against sexual harassment expanded beyond Hollywood with the founding of Times’s Up. This year, Time’s Up Healthcare branched out to focus on more gender balance in healthcare leadership (women in medicine only hold 10 percent of chief executive...
Teenagers Taunt Native American Elder
There is no more conservative value than "respect your elders." See Ten Commandments. We could add "show good manners". It is clear that these values were not present among the boys in this video of teenagers taunting a native American elder. It apparently never...
Proving unfair evaluations and harassment are based on race
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defines race discrimination this way: “treating someone (an employee or applicant) unfavorably because he or she is of a certain race or because of characteristics associated with race.” An associated issue occurs when one’s...