Equal Opportunity

Employers: Be Careful What You Wish For – Your Motion to Compel Arbitration Can Lead to Expensive, Class-Wide Arbitration

Leave a Comment / accountability, arbitration, Arbitration Fairness Act, Class Action, Compensation, Conservative Policy, Employment, Equal Opportunity, equal pay / By max cyril

In the wake of ATT Mobility v. Concepcion and Stolt-Nielsen v. AnimalFeeds,* many employers have sought to enact new arbitration agreements or to enforce arbitration provisions in older agreements to eliminate their employees’ ability to come together when seeking to vindicate their rights to enforce statutory protections for workers. Employers should be careful what they wish for, in …

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McDonald’s Urges Franchises to Open on Christmas Day … Without Overtime Pay

Leave a Comment / accountability, competition, discrimination, economy, Education, Employment, Equal Opportunity, equal pay, executive pay, federal pay, Income inequality, leadership, Migrant Workers, MinimumWage / By max cyril

In November McDonald’s saw a 2.5 percent increase in November sales. This is after the fast food giant saw a decrease in sales of 2.2 percent in October. So why was there increase in sales? Was the pork-like substitute McRib back? Was there a shortage of Ore-Ida french fries in your local grocer’s freezer causing …

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How “Right to Work Shirk” Laws Kill Jobs – and Hurt All of Us

Leave a Comment / accountability, Employment, Equal Opportunity, equal pay, executive pay, organization, regulation, Right to Work & At-Will employment, unions, workplace issues / By max cyril

Michigan’s recent battle makes this a good time to explain the union movement’s important role in our economy’s overall health. We’re about to explain why today’s war on unions is bad for all of us, no matter what we do for a living, and we’ll do it in four steps. But first a word about …

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Women Haven’t Gained A Larger Share Of Corporate Board Seats In Seven Years

Leave a Comment / Compensation, competition, Corporate rules, discrimination, Employment, Equal Opportunity, equal pay, executive pay, Income inequality, performance, pregnancy discrimination, sexual discrimination, workplace issues / By max cyril

In addition to grappling with a persistent pay gap, working women also have to deal with extreme difficulty ascending to powerful corporate positions, according to a report by the research organization Catalyst. As Bryce Covert explained at The Nation: Women held just over 14 percent of executive officer positions at Fortune 500 companies this year and …

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NLRB Chairman: New Penalties Needed for Union-Busting of Undocumented Workers

Leave a Comment / discrimination, economy, Employment, Equal Opportunity, immigration, Migrant Workers, NLRB, unions / By max cyril

NEW YORK CITY—National Labor Relations Board Chairman Mark Pearce says his agency could pursue new remedies to punish employers who retaliate against undocumented immigrants for organizing. Last year Pearce interpreted a 2002 Supreme Court decision to rule out back pay as a remedy in such cases, limiting the NLRB’s options of financial penalties. Interviewed Friday by Working …

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Supreme Court of the United States to Hear “Ministerial Exception” Case

Leave a Comment / discrimination, Equal Opportunity, Uncategorized / By max cyril

March 28, 2011, the US Supreme Court granted certiorari in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC to decide whether the “ministerial exception” applies to teacher at a religious elementary school. [Details, briefs] The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued the employer, asserting a retaliation claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The …

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Poor, Pregnant, and Fired: Caregiver Discrimination Against Low-Wage Workers

Leave a Comment / caregivers, discrimination, Equal Opportunity, pregnancy discrimination, Uncategorized / By max cyril

New report documents how low-wage workers are discriminated against at work based on their caregiving responsibilities at home A new report by U.C. Hastings’ Center for WorkLife Law details the extreme measures to which low-wage workers must go to keep a job and care for their children or elderly family members—and the sometimes shocking discrimination …

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Join March 29 Rally to Support Wal-Mart Women

Leave a Comment / discrimination, Equal Opportunity, equal pay, Wal Mart, women's issues / By max cyril

Hundreds of people will show their support outside the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, when the High Court hears oral arguments in what could become the largest class-action civil rights suit in U.S. history. The Stand with the Women of Wal-Mart rally will take place as the nation’s highest court hears arguments on Wal-Mart v. Dukes …

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There Is No Crying In Business, Yet

Leave a Comment / Equal Opportunity, management / By max cyril

Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner cries on “60 Minutes.” He cries during a swearing in ceremony. He cries in another interview. Will it be long before he cries over a lost parking spot? In fact, enter the phrase “John Boehner cries” into Google and you’ll get 351,000 links. Holy Tip O’Neill, what …

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Attacking Wisconsin’s Middle Class

Leave a Comment / Employment, Equal Opportunity, Gender Discrimination, labor, Public Workers, unions / By max cyril

Media coverage of Madison’s thousands of demonstrators has focused on Governor Scott Walker’s attempt to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights. Members of 9to5, Association of Working Women have stood with those calling for fairness for working families. But it’s clear that governor and conservative state legislators’ agenda is bigger than just union busting. …

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