This new bill would give police departments the authority to issue protective orders over the weekend, when the courts are not open Register Citizen has the report: HARTFORD – The state House on Tuesday passed a bill that would help protect victims of domestic violence. The bill, introduced by state Sen. Andrew Roraback, R-30, will [...]
Archive for May, 2007
Supreme Court Limits Claims of Workplace Bias
Greg Stohr for Bloomberg News reports: Workers can’t sue under a federal job-bias law to claim they are underpaid because of gender or race discrimination that occurred years earlier, a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a victory for employers. The justices, voting 5–4, rejected a $360,000 award to Lilly Ledbetter, an Alabama Goodyear Tire [...]
Google Map Reaches Out for Domestic Violence Cause
Google released Street Views today. According to PC World: “The images that make up Google’s Street View feature are taken by a small army of drivers with expensive, multiple lens cameras mounted to the tops of their cars. Streets for which Street View images are available show up with blue outlines on Google Maps. Google [...]
Transgender Minister Reappointed to Lead Church
A group of United Methodist pastors in the Baltimore area want a church court to review the reappointment of a transgender man to lead a congregation in the city, reports 365.com. More reports here: The Rev. Drew Phoenix, formerly the Rev. Ann Gordon, has been reappointed to lead St John’s United Methodist Church in Baltimore [...]
Edwards has “internal conflict” about gay marriage
Edwards has “internal conflict” about gay marriage while answering HRC questionnaire on LGBT rights. Pam Spaulding blogs on Pandagon: “I believe that couples in committed, long-term relationships should have the same rights, benefits, and responsibilities, whether they are straight couples or same-sex couples. I support civil unions to guarantee gay and lesbian couples the same [...]
EEOC Issues New Guidance on Family Responsibilities Discrimination
EEOC Issues New Guidance on Family Responsibilities Discrimination and they are here: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published new guidance on how agency-enforced laws apply to workers with caregiving responsibilities. The agency says it is issuing the guidance as a proactive measure to address an emerging discrimination issue in the workplace. The [...]
Sexual-harassment lawsuit at Applebee’s settled
Corina Curry of Rockford Register Star reports that After 5 years of waiting, 14 women will receive settlements ranging from $500 to $25,000. ROCKFORD — Former Applebee’s employees have settled their sexual-harassment lawsuit against the company for $300,000. It’s been nearly five years since the first five women took their complaints to a Rockford attorney. [...]
Pregnancy Discrimination is on the Rise
By Jennifer Garvey Pregnancy discrimination in the workplace can include; refusal to hire a woman because she is pregnant, terminating a woman because she is pregnant, demoting a woman because she is pregnant, and sometimes even questioning a woman’s plan about the possibility of becoming pregnant in the future. These acts are all illegal, but [...]
When Is It Okay Under HIPAA to Report Domestic Violence?
Here’s a critical analysis at the scope for reporting a DV case. A patient presents at a hospital emergency room with injuries that she says are from falling down stairs, but the medical staff determines they are from domestic violence. She asks them not to report the incident to police. What should the staff do? [...]
Limited Justice: Discrimination claims review is against workers’ interests
By Jennifer Garvey There was a Supreme Court ruling yesterday in Ledbetter v. Goodyear, which was a case were a woman who worked for Goodyear Tire Plant worked among 15 men while she was the only woman and received significantly lower wages than her male counter parts (some with less seniority than her as well). [...]