Archive for April, 2004

Thursday’s good job stats release already out

Thursday, April 29th, 2004

CNN/Money reports: “Jobless claims fall by 18,000; Initial claims for unemployment insurance come in below estimates.

Initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to 338,000 in the week ended April 24, down from a revised 356,000 the previous week, the U.S. Labor Department reported. Economists expected jobless claims to come in at 343,000, according to Briefing.com. Read [...]

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Stereotyping about ability of mothers to balance work and home is gender discrimination

Tuesday, April 27th, 2004

I’m slowing down a bit in my posting this week due to a major motion deadline Friday. Apologies. Will try to do major catching up next weekend (in between basement cleanup following nasty flood experience this past weekend), so stay tuned.

Meanwhile, here’s a story I’ve had backlogged for a couple of weeks.

Mark Hamblett [...]

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Retaliation claim lost by plaintiff due to failure to include it in EEOC charge; highly offensive racial remark kept out at trial

Saturday, April 24th, 2004

Watson v. O’Neill, No. 03-1541 (8th Cir. 4/7/04) illustrates a few useful points:

1) If you file an EEOC charge, be sure you include all grounds of discrimination.

2) If you’re defending a discrimination lawsuit, always check the original charge to see if the grounds of discrimination in the lawsuit match those in [...]

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Time for another overanalyzed report on new unemployment claims; more thoughts on the meaning of the numbers

Thursday, April 22nd, 2004

Every week, as Thursday rolls around, the media look at the most frequently available jobs number, new unemployment claims, and examine it microscopically to divine hints of economic hope or worry. Sometimes it’s all in the eye of the beholder. FindLaw (Reuters) reports: “Jobless Claims Drop Less Than Expected”

The number of Americans filing initial claims [...]

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Serious side(s) of blogging attracts media attention

Thursday, April 22nd, 2004

Gregory M. Lamb writes in the Christian Science Monitor: “Blogs: Here to stay - with changes”

Except for a tiny number of blogs that have gained prominence, all this techno-chattiness remains just that: an immature form of communication that has yet to gain traction with the general public, experts say. Most are moldering in cyberspace, updated [...]

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