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Category Archives: Gender Discrimination
Filing a Discrimination Complaint
Under Federal, State and some local laws, it is illegal to discriminate against an individual for their: • Ethnicity • Skin color, or related facial features • Country of origin • Age • Sex • Religious beliefs • Political...
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Sexual Harassment in the Manufacturing Industry
Sexual harassment occurs when an individual is discriminated against based on his or her gender. Usually, perpetrators of sexual harassment are in a position of power, victimizing a subordinate or a colleague. Women, who comprise about one third...
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Sexual Harassment in the Construction Industry
Construction has always been a male dominated industry. This has long opened females up to the risk of sexual harassment. Today, sexual harassment is no longer limited to male-on-female harassment there are instances of male-on-male harassment as...
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Filing Charges of Employment Discrimination with the EEOC
The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) safeguards the residents of United States against discrimination by an employer, labor union or employment agency on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability...
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Sexual Harassment in the Agricultural Industry
Nearly 25% of all U.S. farm workers are women. Many if not most of these women are immigrants, many of them undocumented. They help produce most of the food that is eventually served and eaten at tables all across America. The cheap labor that...
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Violations of the Equal Pay Act
On June 10th 1963, President John F Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law, to prohibit discrimination “on account of sex in the payment of wages by employers engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce” The Equal Pay Act...
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