Just heard from a normally reliable source that, at least in Australia, the term “brainstorming” is no longer an appropriate word for a group problem-solving technique, since it is deemed
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Workplace Sexual Harassment Includes Sexual Harassment In The Corridor
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For some reason, we have gotten our most interesting cases from Australia. Remember the employee who fell from a chandelier while engaging in sex – and received a workers comp…
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Company Asks Female Job Applicants About Menstrual Problems And Whether They Are Pregnant
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Just last week we reported on a new discrimination case filed by the EEOC against a company which fired an employee after finding out that she was pregnant, and replaced…
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Australian Government To Propose National Prohibition of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination
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For the first time, we may see a law prohibiting sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination on a national level in Australia affecting all areas of public life, including goods …
Proposed Law Would Permit Motels To Evict Legal Sex Workers: Resistance From Civil Liberties Groups Claiming Arbitrary Discrimination
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This is an employment discrimination story. Honestly.
According to Katherine Feeney of the Brisbane Times, Queensland, Australia is poised to pass an amendment to the Anti-Discrimination Act which would…