October 2011
12 posts
10-27-11 BREAKING: SLDN FILES LITIGATION ON... →
SLDN Files Landmark Litigation on Behalf of Married Gay and Lesbian Service Members, Veterans Case Challenges Constitutionality of Defense of Marriage Act, Other Statutes Preventing Equal Benefits and Family Support
“You have the right to remain silent, but I wouldn’t recommend it.”
– Lacey Filkins on eliminating prejudice
Standing up, Not Standing By: A Free Cyberbullying... →
Every day, you see how cyberbullying hurts students, disrupts classrooms, and impacts your school’s culture. So how should you handle it? What are the right things to do and say? What can you do today that will help your students avoid this pitfall of our digital world?
We created this free toolkit to help you take on those questions and take an effective stand against cyberbullying. So...
Michigan City Restaurant To Pay $23,000 To Settle...
Lighthouse Restaurant Allowed Male Manager to Abuse Female Employee, Federal Agency Charged
SOUTH BEND, IND. – A Michigan City, Ind., restaurant will pay $23,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
The EEOC charged in its suit (Case No. 3:10-cv-0407-RL-CAN in U.S. District Court for the...
The Late Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth - A Civil Rights...
Story- USA TODAY
The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, the civil rights icon hailed in his native Alabama as a “black Moses,” died Wednesday. He was 89. Described in a 1961 CBS documentary as “the man most feared by Southern racists,” Shuttlesworth survived bombings, beatings, repeated jailings and other attacks — physical and financial — in his unyielding determination to heal...
Legal Update
Supreme Court
Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP, 131 S.Ct. 863 (2011)
FACTS:
Female employee filed gender discrimination charge against her employer with the EEOC. Three
weeks later, the female employee’s fiancé, also an employee of the company, is fired by the company.
Title VII’s retaliation provision states that it shall be unlawful for an employer to discriminate against...
“It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen; that...”
– Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
Enforcing Conduct Standards:Psychiatric...
EMPLOYERS
Q: May an employer discipline an individual with a psychiatric disability for violating a workplace conduct standard? What if the disability caused the misconduct?
A: Yes, if:
1. The workplace conduct standard is job-related for the position in question and is consistent with business necessity; AND
2. The employer would impose the same discipline on an employee without a...
BOOK REVIEW: Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood,...
A Liberian activist discusses how she united Christian and Muslim women to campaign for an end to war in her country.
In a time of death and terror, Leymah Gbowee brought Liberia’s women together—and together they led a nation to peace.
As a young woman, Leymah Gbowee was broken by the Liberian civil war, a brutal conflict that tore apart her life and claimed the lives of countless relatives...
Tribute: Lynn Bigley
Carol “Lynn” Bigley was a former chairperson of the Human Rights Commission when the commission was known as the Human Relations Commission. She was the first woman chair of the Commission and served the commission admirably. She was a champion of civil rights issues in Columbus during her tenure as the chairperson. Lynn was one of the first women to serve on the City Council and she was also...
“During my interview, I was seen as a qualified candidate. But once she focused...”
– Sanders, a 29 year-old African-American - http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/9-30-11d.cfm 