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 …
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Teacher is suing Chesterfield County Public Schools for gender discrimination
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 …
Read More »Paycheck Fairness Act: how Democrats plan to shrink the gender pay gap
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 …
Read More »Steve Hilton: The Democratic racism scandal in Virginia and what Trump can do to heal our racial divide
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 …
Read More »Sacked Newman government minister Chris Davis wins $1.5m for hospital job ‘discrimination’
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 …
Read More »Women not suited to police, fire jobs, says HRM councillor
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. …
Read More »‘Covert’ Discrimination In Pubs, Clubs, Restaurants
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 …
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