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- Jul 7 2015
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- Blog, Workplace Discrimination
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Small Businesses and Anti-Discrimination Laws
Small Businesses Not Immune to Anti-Discrimination Laws: Employees Should Know Their Rights
In recent years, the number of small businesses has exploded. There are an estimated 28 million small businesses currently in the U.S., increasing about 49% since 1982.[1] Indeed, as of 2013, businesses employing less than 50 workers comprised about 96% of companies in the U.S.[2] The obvious corollary to these figures is …
- May 28 2015
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- Blog, Workplace Discrimination
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Age Discrimination in the Digital Age
Employers’ search for digital natives on the rise: good recruiting or age discrimination?
Fortune published an interesting article this month about the rise of a curious trend: employers recruiting for “digital natives” and the potential age-biases implied by such hiring methods, which make them controversial.
Fortune reports that the “digital native” recruitment trend is especially prominent in the media, advertising, and tech industries, where …
- May 4 2015
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- Blog, Workplace Discrimination
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Microsoft to Pilot Program promoting inclusion for Individuals with Autism
Microsoft announces new pilot program focused on promoting inclusion for individuals with disabilities.
Tech giant Microsoft recently announced its launch of a new pilot program focused on hiring people with autism for full-time positions at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington.
Mary Ellen Smith, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Operations, discussed the program on the company’s blog. Smith, who has a 19 year old son …
- Apr 8 2015
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- Blog, Workplace Discrimination
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Gender Identity in the Workplace: Part 1
Consideration for Transgender Employees
If your Facebook feed is anything like mine, I suspect you were met Monday morning with a huge number of posts and conversations about Bruce Jenner’s two hour interview with Diane Sawyer discussing his experiences as a transgender person. I admire Mr. Jenner (he asked that Ms. Sawyer continue to use male pronouns for now, so I will …
Kate Sedey, Contributor to Bloomberg BNA’s New Treaties Called “Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Workplace: A Practical Guide”
Kate Sedey was a contributor to Bloomberg BNA’s new treatise called “Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Workplace: A Practical Guide” This was made available for purchase October of 2014!
