While women in the United States fight for the right to be treated fairly at work, among other things, women in Kuwait will have to fight if they want the right to work at all at night.
The detailed news follows:
The law means that any job (with the exception of those working in the medical [...]
Posted on June 12th, 2007 by Angela Jupp
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While the practice of billing by the hour has been long debated in the legal world, a group of lawyers has recently called for an end to the “billable hour†for a new reason—because the practice disproportionately harms female lawyers. Women, they say, become “discouraged†by the fact that they simply cannot work the long [...]
Posted on June 12th, 2007 by Angela Jupp
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Companies including Panasonic, Cannon, and Sharp are paying their employees for having children. The birth rate in Japan is low and Japanese employers are feeling pressure from the Japanese Government. This appears to be the complete opposite of what is going on in the United States. Many employers in the U.S. appear [...]
Posted on June 9th, 2007 by Rachael Whalen
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It’s about time! The New York State legislature is considering a piece of legislation, the Working Families Time to Care Act, that would allow workers as much as 12 weeks paid leave to care for family members in need (like newborns, the sick or elderly, children and grandchildren, among others). Only two other states have [...]
Posted on June 8th, 2007 by Angela Jupp
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The New York State Bar Association Family Law Section has rescinded its offer for Sydnee Steele to speak at its upcoming summer meeting. The problem? Ms. Steele retired in 2005 from an acting career in adult films, prompting some to “question the appropriateness of [her] presence†at the meeting.
Joel Stashenko reports for the New York [...]
Posted on June 8th, 2007 by Angela Jupp
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Alternet has a report by Peggy Simpson on the latest Supreme Court ruling that “is a dangerous setback on civil liberties.â€
Key congressional Democrats plan to take up the challenge by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to overturn what she called the court’s “parsimonious reading” of civil rights laws banning wage discrimination.
In a 5-4 opinion [...]
Posted on June 5th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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By Jack Tuckner, Esq.
The United States Supreme Court Agrees with James Evans, Sr., Protagonist of the 1970’s sitcom, Good Times
James: “Ain’t but two places a woman oughta be, Florida.”
Flo: “Don’t you say it James”
James: (shaking head—pressure building)
Flo: “Don’t say it.”
James: “The kitchen and the bedroom, Florida, the kitchen and the bedroom.â€
Through tortured logic, [...]
Posted on June 4th, 2007 by Jack Tuckner, Esq.
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Advocate.com reports how a previously fired transgender executive was not picked for a new job.
Steve Stanton was fired as city manager in Largo, Fla., two months ago after announcing his plans to become Susan Stanton. On Wednesday, Stanton, wearing a white skirt, pumps, and makeup, applied for the top job in Sarasota, a cosmopolitan [...]
Posted on June 3rd, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Bay Area Business Woman reports:
San Francisco — The phones have not stopped ringing at Good Vibrations headquarters on Howard Street since the election last week of the company’s President & CEO Theresa Sparks as President of the San Francisco Police Commission.
“We are pleased as punch and we’re planning a celebration,†said Good Vibrations spokeswoman [...]
Posted on June 2nd, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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BRETT KRUTZSCH reports in New York Blade:
Robert Eads, a female to male transsexual, died from ovarian cancer after being turned away by more than two dozen physicians who worried that taking him on as a patient might harm their practices. A documentary released in 2001, “Southern Comfort,†chronicles Eads’ struggles to navigate the health [...]
Posted on June 1st, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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