An intellectual or developmental disability shouldn’t have any effect on your access to necessary medical care, but patients with Down syndrome and other conditions routinely face organ transplant discrimination. Now states and the federal government are taking on the rights of disabled Americans, to make sure they have equal access to the organ transplant list. Transplant Centers Pass Over Patients…
Being yourself at work shouldn’t mean dealing with daily insults, threats, and mistreatment. But in a FedEx lawsuit, a warehouse worker coming out as transgender at work meant that former mates and coworkers turned on her, forcing her out of a job she used to love. UK FedEx Lawsuit Calls Out Transgender Discrimination in Warehouse Toy Prendergast had worked at…
For black firefighters in many of Kansas City’s most desireable stations, racial slurs and even physical violence are part of the job. But after decades of lodging racial discrimination complaints, and even many settled lawsuits, the “old white boys club” resists letting the neighborhoods’ firefighters reflect their community. Kansas City Firefighters Case Highlights Racism in the Firehouse The racism against…
Sometimes it doesn’t take a lawsuit to get real relief as a victim of sexual harassment and sex abuse. The multiple victims of Catholic composer David Haas demonstrated that sometimes a victim’s advocate can make a big impact even when legal issues may stand between...
The United States Supreme Court handed down two decisions interpreting federal anti-discrimination laws this year. In Our Lady of Guadalupe School v Morrissey-Berru, the Supreme Court ruled that federal employment discrimination laws do not extend to teachers at Catholic schools under the “ministerial exception.” Catholic School Teachers Claim Age, Disability Discrimination Agnes Morrissey-Berru and Kristen Biel each say that their…
Working as a lingerie model naturally exposes a woman to certain amounts of sexual energy. However, no employee should be forced to submit to sexual harassment just because of the nature of their job. Find out how the Victoria’s Secret “Angels” have lived through misogyny, bullying, and other forms of sexual harassment within the company and what its board of…
Small businesses employ millions of American workers. Without the administrative oversight of larger companies, these businesses may not give their employees the same protections against discrimination and sexual harassment. The smallest of the small fit through gaps in federal anti-discrimination laws, leaving their employees without legal recourse. But now, the New York Human Rights Law is closing those gaps for…
A year after the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights began its investigation of federal #MeToo complaints, the agency has finally issued recommendations for federal employers and Congress. The report calls for the federal government to act as a “model employer”. But it also shows just how far short governmental agencies fall from that mark. U.S. Federal Government Investigates #MeToo Trends…
What if a software start-up company said it could identify the victim pictured in child pornography and warn them about criminal charges? Would it be the new best tool for law enforcement or an invasion of victims’ privacy? It turns out, the technology to use facial recognition to find victims of child sex abuse is already out there and being…
The faces of the #MeToo movement have been women from across the country who have faced sexual harassment and gender discrimination at the hands of the men they worked for. But that’s not the only way female employees can be disadvantaged at work. Find out what woman to woman gender discrimination looks like, and what you can do when it…