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	<title>WHEN THE ABUSER GOES TO WORK &#187; EEOC</title>
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		<title>Employment Discrimination Lawsuits Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2014 01:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are hostile  judges and institutional barriers that contribute to lack of access to justice for the poor and middle class suppressing the number of  employment discrimination lawsuits filed in our nation&#8217;s courts? According to the 2014 issue of the Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report, class action employment discrimination filings declined by about 14 percent [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>EEOC to Examine National Origin Discrimination</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2013 20:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An aspect of discrimination law that is gaining increasing attention is, not surprisingly, national origin discrimination. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)will meet on Nov. 13 in Washington, DC, to examine issues and hear testimony related to the problem of national origin discrimination. The backdrop of the EEOC&#8217;s meeting is impending immigration reform and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Pregnancy Discrimination Act: 35 Years Later</title>
		<link>http://www.abusergoestowork.com/pregnancy-discrimination-act-35-years-later/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abusergoestowork.com/pregnancy-discrimination-act-35-years-later/#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2013 19:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pgbarnes]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 others in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>EEOC Whacked Again on Background Checks</title>
		<link>http://www.abusergoestowork.com/eeoc-whacked-again-on-background-checks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abusergoestowork.com/eeoc-whacked-again-on-background-checks/#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2013 19:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pgbarnes]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[criminal background checks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n v. Peoplemark]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.abusergoestowork.com/?p=9539</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ouch! Another court has rejected the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s initiative to combat race discrimination by limiting the use of criminal background checks in hiring. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Michigan this week upheld a lower court ruling requiring the EEOC to pay $751,942.48 in fees and costs to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Courts Scrutinize Employer &#8220;Look&#8221; Policies</title>
		<link>http://www.abusergoestowork.com/courts-scrutinize-employer-look-policies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abusergoestowork.com/courts-scrutinize-employer-look-policies/#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pgbarnes]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA["Look Policy"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abercrombie & Fitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catastrophe Management Solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dress code]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EEOC]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hijab]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An employer’s vision of a company’s “culture” can be risky business when it involves the appearance of workers. Abercrombie &#38; Fitch recently settled two lawsuits involving a provision of its dress code or “Look Policy” that prohibited Muslim employees from wearing a hijab (religious scarf) on the job. Meanwhile, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>EEOC Defends Criminal Background Checks</title>
		<link>http://www.abusergoestowork.com/eeoc-defends-criminal-background-checks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abusergoestowork.com/eeoc-defends-criminal-background-checks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2013 04:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pgbarnes]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[background checks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[U.S. v. Freeman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The EEOC has been slammed in recent weeks for filing discrimination lawsuits against employers who used criminal background checks to assess job applicants that resulted in the disproportionate exclusion of minority group members. A federal judge ridiculed the EEOC in August for a seeming double standard, noting the EEOC itself uses criminal background checks with [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the EEOC&#8217;s Strategic Plan Enforceable?</title>
		<link>http://www.abusergoestowork.com/is-the-eeocs-strategic-plan-enforceable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abusergoestowork.com/is-the-eeocs-strategic-plan-enforceable/#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 04:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pgbarnes]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[EEOC v. CRST Van Expedited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EEOC v. Freeman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judge Linda R. Reade]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC) has come under attack in recent weeks in federal courts, raising questions about its ability  to implement its new strategy of filing systemic lawsuits. Earlier this month, Judge Roger Titus of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland dismissed a nationwide pattern or practice lawsuit brought by the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Female Drivers Crash and Burn in Iowa</title>
		<link>http://www.abusergoestowork.com/female-drivers-crash-and-burn-in-iowa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abusergoestowork.com/female-drivers-crash-and-burn-in-iowa/#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2013 19:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pgbarnes]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[EEOC]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Monika Starke]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sexual harassment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: On 1/16/14, the EEOC  appealed  to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit a seemingly spiteful order by Judge Linda Reade that it pay  almost $5 million in fees and costs to CRST.   In a 114-brief, the EEOC chronicles numerous terrifying instances of sexual harassment  suffered by female driver trainees at the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Serious about Sexual Harassment</title>
		<link>http://www.abusergoestowork.com/get-serious-about-sexual-harassment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2013 18:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pgbarnes]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beverly Mulcahey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EEOC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fred Fuller Oil Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lean In]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nichole Wilkins]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog has questioned why sexual harassment is not a criminal offense in the United States as it is in France. Now the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a second complaint against a business owner who is  characterized as a “serial” sexual harasser because he paid  $780,000 to five women in 2003 to settle a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon Interns Get Harrassment/Discrimination Protection</title>
		<link>http://www.abusergoestowork.com/oregon-interns-get-harrassmentdiscrimination-protection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abusergoestowork.com/oregon-interns-get-harrassmentdiscrimination-protection/#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[OConnor v. Davis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unpaid interns are especially vulnerable to predatory behavior in the workplace because they are young and inexperienced. However, many courts have ruled that unpaid interns are not protected by state and federal harassment and discrimination laws. This week the Oregon legislature agreed to extend workplace protections against harassment and discrimination to unpaid interns.  These protections formerly were reserved [&#8230;]]]></description>
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