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		<title>ADA:  Strength Through Organizing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2015 13:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patricia Barnes]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twenty five years ago today,  former President George H.W. Bush signed into law one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation in  world history – the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA is the world&#8217;s first comprehensive civil rights law for people with disabilities.  The ADA makes it  illegal for employers to discriminate against qualified [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Pregnancy Discrimination Act: 35 Years Later</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2013 19:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patricia Barnes]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No Accommodation Requirement Thirty five years ago this week, President Jimmy Carter signed into law the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 (PDA). The PDA,  an amendment of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, has proven to be a weak tool to combat  a major societal problem;  It  requires employers to treat pregnant women like [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>EEOC&#8217;s 1st Genetic Discrimination Class Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 21:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patricia Barnes]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission settled this case on Jan. 10, 2014 when Founders Pavilion Inc.  agreed to a five-year consent decree in which it will provide a fund of $110,400 for distribution to 138 individuals who were asked for their genetic information and $259,600 to five individuals whom the EEOC alleged  were fired or denied [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>EEOC Settles1st Genetic Discrimination Suit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 20:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patricia Barnes]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has settled its first  lawsuit alleging genetic discrimination.  Fabricut, Inc., one of the world&#8217;s largest distributors of decorative fabrics, has agreed to pay $50,000 to a woman who  applied  unsuccessfully for a position of memo clerk at the company. The Tulsa, Oklahoma corporation &#8220;allegedly” violated Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008  when [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>New Record for Discrimination Claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patricia Barnes]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employment discrimination charges filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reached an all-time high in 2011. A total of 99,947 charges of employment discrimination were filed with the EEOC in Fiscal 2011, compared to  99,922 in Fiscal 2010. This sets a new record for discrimination claims. Once again, charges alleging retaliation under all [&#8230;]]]></description>
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