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In 2001, Lisa Youman wanted a job promotion at Walmart. Youman, now 55, had climbed the Walmart ladder. She joined the company in 1987 as a sales associate at a Tallahassee, Florida, store before working her way up to department manager, and then to support manager. She wanted to become …

When Dina Persico was hired at Providence Middle School in 2015, she said she felt very excited. She’d been teaching for 10 years at that point and was ready for a new challenge at the Richmond, Virginia, school. Persico‘s enthusiasm soon turned sour, however, when she said she experienced harassment …

You’ve probably heard this statistic by now: Women who work full time in the US earn, on average, 82 cents for every dollar a man earns — a number that has hardly budged since 2004. The gap has even widened a bit in the past four years. Several factors explain …

VideoSteve Says: The Democrat racism scandal in Virginia has rightly focused on the offensiveness of blackface One of the things I’m most proud of in my professional life is an anti-racism campaign I helped create for Britain’s Commission for Racial Equality. The Democratic racism scandal in Virginia has rightly focused …

Updated February 11, 2019 21:08:33 Photo: Chris Davis says he wants to return to politics and work as part of a team. (7.30 Queensland) Doctor and estranged Newman government MP Chris Davis has won $1.5 million from Brisbane’s Metro North Hospital and Health Service (MNHHS) after a legal tribunal found …

Coun. Russell Walker believes Halifax Regional Municipality will never see gender equity in its workforce because women don’t want “non-traditional” jobs. Walker’s comments were made at an executive committee meeting Monday, after a report showed 71 per cent of the municipality’s employees are men and 29 per cent are women. …

Cafes, restaurants, pubs and clubs are allowed to deny entry to anyone, as long as they do not breach anti-discrimination laws. But with different state and territory laws there are some ‘grey areas’. According to the Australian Human Rights Commission, a business may have breached anti-discrimination law if they refuse …