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		<title>HR Fact Friday: Discrimination / Retaliation Claims Against Employers Skyrocket</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2012/02/09/hr-fact-friday-discrimination-retaliation-claims-against-employers-skyrocket/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discrimination]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A hundred thousand new charges were filed in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) fiscal year ending 2011. This is the second straight year a new record was set in the total number of new charges. Here are the most commonly-filed claims: (1) retaliation; (2) race bias; (3) sex discrimination / harassment; (4) disability bias; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: HR Law Brief News Alerts</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2011/12/02/hr-fact-friday-hr-law-brief-news-alerts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2011/12/02/hr-fact-friday-hr-law-brief-news-alerts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few brief points on HR issues currently in the news.  First, we have all heard about the Penn State scandal dealing with failure to report potential child abuse problems and the criminal.  Some commentators also are warning that the matter suggests a failure to adequately enforce policies designed to prevent an environment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: Restaurants and Sexual Harassment Claims</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2011/11/04/hr-fact-friday-restaurants-and-sexual-harassment-claims/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2011/11/04/hr-fact-friday-restaurants-and-sexual-harassment-claims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent news stories have extensively detailed one of the current presidential candidate’s responses to sexual harassment allegations made against him when he worked at the National Restaurant Association a few years ago. These stories have triggered some related stories about possible problems of sexual harassment in the restaurant industry generally. One such news article suggests [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family Responsibility Discrimination Growing</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2011/03/21/family-responsibility-discrimination-growing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Harrasment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to a study by the Center for Worklife Law, the number of family responsibility discrimination (FRD) lawsuits is growing steadily.  A few years ago these types of cases were rare. But in the last decade they have increased 400%.  FRD involves discrimination against employees because of the need to care for family members. According [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remarks by Non-manager can be Considered in Age Discrimination Case</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/10/25/remarks-by-non-manager-can-be-considered-in-age-discrimination-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/10/25/remarks-by-non-manager-can-be-considered-in-age-discrimination-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harrasment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Can “stray remarks” about age by individuals who had no involvement in job reassignment or termination decisions be considered as evidence of age discrimination? Yes, says California’s Supreme Court.  The case involved Google, an organization that’s well known for its youthful culture.  The situation involved a 54 year old manager who had been terminated for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: Sexual Harassment Claims by Men on Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/06/25/hr-fact-friday-sexual-harassment-claims-by-men-on-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/06/25/hr-fact-friday-sexual-harassment-claims-by-men-on-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harrasment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although most sexual harassment claims involve male-on-female harassment, allegations of male-on-male harassment—and even female-on-male harassment—are on the rise. Employers should not only be aware of this trend, but also understand how to identify all forms of sexual harassment and adjust their harassment policies accordingly. Since 1990, the percentage of sexual harassment claims filed by men [...]]]></description>
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		<title>She’s Just Not Sexy Enough</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/06/10/she%e2%80%99s-just-not-sexy-enough/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/06/10/she%e2%80%99s-just-not-sexy-enough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Harrasment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Delta flight attendant has sued JetBlue and Delta Airlines for harassment, alleging that a JetBlue worker refused to let her board a work-related flight because she wasn&#8217;t dressed proactively enough.   He had allowed other flight attendants on board.  Delta has an agreement with JetBlue to fly Delta flight attendants to job locations.  Besides being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Athletic Club to Pay $161K to Settle Harassment Suit</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/03/03/athletic-club-to-pay-161k-to-settle-harassment-suit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/03/03/athletic-club-to-pay-161k-to-settle-harassment-suit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Harrasment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Maryland athletic club has agreed to pay $161,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced. In the lawsuit, the EEOC alleged that Big Vanilla Athletic Club violated federal law by sexually harassing several female employees at the company&#8217;s locations in Pasadena and Arnold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: Inappropriate Jokes at Workplace No Laughing Matter</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2008/09/26/hr-fact-friday-inappropriate-jokes-at-workplace-no-laughing-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2008/09/26/hr-fact-friday-inappropriate-jokes-at-workplace-no-laughing-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Harrasment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is it okay to allow even minor racial comments, crude or sexual jokes or similar derogatory behaviors at the workplace if nobody objects? One of the risks of including verbage in anti-harassment workplace conduct policies such as, &#8220;is unwelcome&#8221; is that it conveys the impression that the company condones such conduct until such time that it offends someone and only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coffee Request Does Not Equal Sexual Harassment</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2008/06/26/coffee-request-does-not-equal-sexual-harassment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2008/06/26/coffee-request-does-not-equal-sexual-harassment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Harrasment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent article in Law.com, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled that a company did not commit sexual harassment or retaliation against a female employee when she was fired for refusing to get coffee for the men in her office. The woman alleged that her office was sexist, primarily because she was complimented [...]]]></description>
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