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Showing posts with label race discrimination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label race discrimination. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Despite what SCOTUS said about collegiate affirmative action, corporate DEI efforts are still legal

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Last week, a federal court judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a conservative shareholder against Starbucks challenging the company's div...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Managing an overly sensitive employee

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Floyd Sesson, a Black UPS parts mechanic, saw race discrimination in every turn within his workplace. When UPS changed its policy to prohibi...
Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Uber suspends DEI exec over “Don’t Call Me Karen” events

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Uber has suspended its longtime head of diversity, equity, and inclusion, Bo Young Lee, after Black and Hispanic employees complained that a...
Thursday, May 4, 2023

When you offer a reason for something, you better be really, really sure it’s correct

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It is with great sadness that we announce that the Founders Detroit Taproom will be permanently closing its doors today. Unfortunately, our ...
Tuesday, February 7, 2023

What does an employer have to do to lose $366 million?!

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$366 million dollars. That's how much a jury awarded Jennifer Harris, a Black sales manager targeted and then fired by FedEx after she ...
Monday, January 16, 2023

Dr. King’s struggle has not ended

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“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by t...
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Paper plant settles case of egregious racial harassment with EEOC for $385,000

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Packaging Corporation of America has agreed to pay the EEOC $385,000 to settle the racial harassment claims of two African American employe...
Monday, November 7, 2022

Would you fire this employee?

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Over the weekend, I asked a simple question on LinkedIn : "Would you fire this employee?" The employee in question took to LinkedI...
Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Accountability starts at the top, even for the NFL

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NFL disciplinary officer Sue L. Robinson has suspended Deshaun Watson for six games for his violation of the league's personal conduct ...
Thursday, June 30, 2022

Court dismisses employees’ race discrimination claims against Whole Foods based on prohibition of BLM masks

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A group of Black and non-Black Whole Foods employees claimed that their employer unlawfully discriminated against them because of their race...
Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Court upholds termination of employee for off-duty Facebook posts critical of Black Lives Matter

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"Black lives" matter causes segregation. Have you ever hear[d] of "white lives" matter or "[J]ewish" lives m...
Wednesday, May 18, 2022

How do you handle employees talking about “replacement theory” at work?

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The "Great Replacement" is a conspiracy theory that certain leftist political forces are bringing non-whites into the United State...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Coronavirus Update 9-15-21: Do mandatory vaccination policies have an adverse impact on minority employees?

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With President Biden's announcement of his plan to vaccinate all employees of employers with 100 or more employees, the nation is keenl...
Friday, May 28, 2021

Yes, Karen, your boss really can fire you for being a Karen

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Do you remember Amy Cooper? She was the woman who called police on a Black man (Christian Cooper, no relation) who crossed her path while s...
Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Pop culture as a means to break down inherent biases and prejudiced divides

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Think about it. If you want to know where the American public is, look at the money being spent on advertising. Did you ever five years ago ...
Friday, February 5, 2021

Podcast recommendation: The Test Kitchen

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I'm always on the lookout for new podcasts to add to my queue. Today's is a doozy. It's called The Test Kitchen , and it comes f...
Monday, February 1, 2021

How many N-words create a hostile work environment?

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Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court was asked to answer these questions : Whether an employee's exposure to the N-word in the workplace is...
Thursday, December 17, 2020

Coronavirus Update 12-17-2020, part 2: The COVID-19 vaccine and race discrimination

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One issue the EEOC omitted from its technical guidance on the COVID-19 vaccine is the issue of race discrimination.  According to one recen...
Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Diversity training is the opposite of “anti-American"

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Late last week, Russell Vought, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, issued a memo directing that from this point forward,...
Thursday, August 20, 2020

BLM vs. MAGA at work

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Depending on your political perspective, Goodyear is either being praised or criticized after this slide from diversity training at its Top...