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Predictions on the Wal-Mart case, anyone?
Thinking a little more today, it seems this case could be very significant. All the other big employment discrimination class actions I’ve heard of (and I haven’t researched this) have been settled or otherwise disposed of without rulings on the merits of the pattern and practice issues.
Will Wal-Mart follow the lead of Texaco, Western [...]
Wal-Mart sex discrimination class action update
Findlaw (AP) reports: “Class Action Hearing Set for Wal-Mart”
Speak of the devil (I just ended my last post with a comment about Wal-Mart and women, not having yet run across this story).
“Of the thousands of lawsuits that target Wal-Mart Stores Inc., none worries the company more than the charge by six former employees that the [...]
Working Mother Top 100
Findlaw (AP) reports: “Working Mother Lists Top 100 Companies.”
Working Mother magazine’s 18th annual top 100 survey is in the October issue, on newsstands Tuesday.
Here’s the list
Here’s more info. on the story
“This year, 17 companies made their debut on the list, including Harvard University, Lego Systems, Microsoft, Sallie Mae, UBS Investment Bank and Accenture.”
“The top 10 [...]
Study finds majority of Americans plan to work into 70s
CNN (Reuters) reports: “AARP finds majority of Americans will work into 70s.”
“A survey by AARP . . . shows 7 in 10 Americans plan to work past the once-typical retirement age of 65 and nearly half expect to work well into their 70s and even 80s.”
“[T]he main reason for working past retirement has more [...]
Librarian claims race, gender discrimination due to perception she was "pretty girl" who dressed "too sexy"
TheBostonChannel.com reports: “Harvard Librarian Sues Over Alleged ‘Too Sexy’ Comments.”
“A Harvard University library worker has sued the university claiming race and gender discrimination, [contending] . . . that less experienced and less qualified white men and women were promoted instead of her in part because a female supervisor saw her as a ‘pretty girl’ whose [...]
