Sentences with phrase «against women employees»
Class actions become methods of combating systemic discrimination against women employees.
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Three former Google employees filed a lawsuit on Thursday claiming the internet behemoth discriminated against women in pay and promotions.
Asked why the team would continue employing Sneed when, already having pled guilty to criminal charges for violence against one woman, he allegedly physically assaulted another woman — who was also a team employee — Pittman declined comment.
This issue arises when a woman with healthcare through her or her spouse's employer (which is how most of us get healthcare in this country) has an employer who is against contraception and does not want any employees to have access to contraception.
The charges claim that Frontier is discriminating against women by not providing sufficient accommodations for pregnant and breast - feeding employees.
For instance, 40 % quotas on all electoral lists, harsher punishments for men in cases of domestic violence, special judicial and economic assistance for women who are victims of gender violence, a requirement for corporations with more than 250 employees to have their own equality plan aimed at eliminating discrimination against women, etc..
Paterson also asked another state employee, Deneane Browne, who knows both the governor and the accuser, to contact the woman before she was to appear in court last month seeking an order of protection against Johnson, the paper said.
The two had a relationship that started consensually but went sour: The woman, an employee of another state agency, says Hoyt continued to pursue her against her will and she filed a sexual harassment complaint.
A lawsuit that claims the Cuomo administration ignored a DMV employee's sexual harassment allegations against ex-ESDC official Sam Hoyt comes as gender politics and allegations of sexual misconduct are roiling the nation, and the governor, who is viewed as a possible presidential contender in 2020, has appointed more women to top positions.
Hoyt, while flatly denying the accusations lodged against him by another former state employee, did admit to having an «inappropriate relationship» with the woman and also paying her what we've learned is a $ 50,000 settlement a year ago.
Bill Magnarelli: «After having read the JCOPE report and having discussed this matter fully in our Democratic Conference, it is clear that mistakes were made in the handling of sexual harassment charges initially brought by two young women Assembly staff employees against a powerful Assembly Chairman.
Additionally, the governor reached out to another state employee, Deneae Brown, who works in the Division of Housing and Community Renewal and was a mutual friend of Paterson and the accuser, asking Brown to contact the woman before her court date to finalize an order of protection against Johnson.
The agreement, stemming from the union's lawsuit charging that the state discriminated against women workers by paying them less than men doing comparable jobs, will affect more than 35,000 employees, including non-professorial and non-administrative workers in state colleges and universities.
In refusing LAO lawyers the right to collective bargaining, you are shamefully and blatantly discriminating against women and minorities, while representing an agency that should be dedicated to equality and respecting the rights and freedoms of its employees.
The woman filed a complaint April 19 in Orange County Circuit Court against her former employer, alleging they failed to provide employees their proper wages, benefits and incentives.
Workplace pregnancy discrimination is any type of adverse employment action against an employee or job candidate based upon the fact that the woman is pregnant.
In this article, Judge Mulls Diversity of Law Firms (Houston Chronicle, 6/26/06), Joshua Freed reports that Minnesota federal magistrate Franklin Noel has asked those firms vying for lead counsel status in a class action against United Health to provide information on how many women and minorities the firm employees.
Edmonton woman wants amendment to Alberta Human Rights Act to make it illegal to discriminate against employees with piercings, tattoos, The National Post
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), which protects men and women who perform substantially equal work in the same establishment from sex - based wage discrimination; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), which protects individuals who are 40 years of age or older; Title I and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended (ADA), which prohibit employment discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in the private sector, and in state and local governments; Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities who work in the federal government; Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), which prohibits employment discrimination based on genetic information about an applicant, employee, or former employee; and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which, among other things, provides monetary damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination.
The allegations against Neil include «repeated unwelcome solicitations for sex,» constant sexually derogatory remarks, invasive peeks down the women's blouses, and verbal implications that the plaintiffs and other female employees could receive days off only if they agreed to have sex with him.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a class - action lawsuit against Bloomberg L.P., the financial - services and media company founded by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, on behalf of at least 54 women who accuse the firm of discriminating against pregnant employees.
The group at Currie Park Wednesday included representatives of Planned Parenthood, the Service Employees International Union, the Women's March and people who are against the replacement plan they say would defund Planned Parenthood and hurt other healthcare benefits by making them more expensive.