Jay W Pennell writes and Harcoreracefans.com reports that NASCAR has settled a $225 million lawsuit with a former technical inspector. Avoiding a potentially long and drawn-out public trial, NASCAR has settled a $225 million lawsuit with former Nationwide Series official Mauricia Grant. The former technical inspector filed suit against NASCAR in June of 2008, alleging [...]
Archive for December, 2008
As layoffs rise, wrongful-termination suits may follow
Labor attorneys advise firms on defensible downsizing. Avoid the appearance of bias by category, one says. By Carol J. Williams for LA Times Lured away from her job in Houston to take an executive position at Dell Inc., Jan Chapman persuaded her husband to quit his job, move with her to Austin, Texas, and buy [...]
Pope denounces ‘gender theory’
Article from: Agence France-Presse POPE Benedict XVI has denounced gender theory, warning that it blurs the distinction between male and female and could thus lead to the “self-destruction” of the human race. When the Roman Catholic Church defends God’s Creation, “it does not only defend the earth, water and the air … but (it) also [...]
The “Kosher” Workplace
By Michelle Kornblit In light of the shocking revelations of the unethical, and illegal employment practices at the Agriprocessor Kosher slaughterhouse in Postville Iowa, there has been a demand in the Orthodox Jewish community to insist that kosher food production must be about more than the dietary laws; kosher food must reflect Jewish ethical values [...]