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		<title>Weekly Wednesday Acronym &#8211; ENDA</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2011/08/17/weekly-wednesday-acronym-enda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is not a new acronym.  In fact, it has been included in some form of the bills considered by Congress in every session since 1994 except in the 109th Congress (January 3, 2005 to January 3, 2007).  So what is ENDA?  Simply stated, it is a proposed federal law that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking News&#8230;Wal-Mart wins in Supreme Court Decision</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2011/06/20/breaking-news-wal-mart-wins-in-supreme-court-decision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Compliance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breaking News… The Supreme Court has blocked a sexual discrimination class action lawsuit representing 1.6 million women against Wal-Mart.  The justices agreed that the lawsuit cannot proceed as a class action in its current form.  This reversed a decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.  What’s next for the women [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: Job Bias Claims Based on Religion &amp; Disability Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/01/22/hr-fact-friday-job-bias-claims-based-on-religion-disability-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/01/22/hr-fact-friday-job-bias-claims-based-on-religion-disability-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADA & Disability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Americans with Disabilities Act]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hrnblog.com/?p=1231</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The number of workers claiming job discrimintion based on disability, religion, or national origin surged to new highs last year, as federal job bias complaints overall stayed at near record levels. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said Wednesday that charges of disability discrimination rose by about 10% to 21,451 claims, the largest increase of any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday:  Women Hold Half of U.S. Jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/12/04/hr-fact-friday-women-hold-half-of-u-s-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/12/04/hr-fact-friday-women-hold-half-of-u-s-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General HR Buzz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in history, half of all U.S. workers are women, and mothers are the primary breadwinners or co-breadwinners in two-thirds of U.S. families, according to a report released Oct. 16, 2009 by the Center for American Progress (CAP) and California first lady Maria Shriver. The report, The Shriver Report: A Woman&#8217;s Nation Changes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Lady in Red.  A Different Kind of Color Discrimination?</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/09/14/the-lady-in-red-a-different-kind-of-color-discrimination/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/09/14/the-lady-in-red-a-different-kind-of-color-discrimination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General HR Buzz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delta flight attendants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to USA Today, union representatives for Delta flight attendants have complained that the airline only offers their red dress uniform up to size 18.   Those requiring a larger size (up to size 28) are limited to the navy dress. Has color discrimination taken on a whole new meaning?  Apparently there are also complaints over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Age Discrimination Case Makes Things Easier For Employers</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/08/10/age-discrimination-case-makes-things-easier-for-employers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the recently decided case U.S. Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a plaintiff bringing an age discrimination case must prove that but for his age, the adverse job action at issue would not have happened.   Consequently, it&#8217;s no longer enough for a plaintiff to show that age discrimination [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overtime Violations at the EEOC</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/06/08/overtime-violations-at-the-eeoc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/06/08/overtime-violations-at-the-eeoc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hrnblog.com/?p=777</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the Washington Post, an arbitrator has found that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency tasked with enforcing federal discrimination laws, has been found to have violated federal overtime law.   The case arose out of a grievance filed by the EEOC employees&#8217; union.   In his findings, the arbitrator found nationwide and knowing violations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday:  EEOC Shows Spike in Discrimination Charges</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/05/29/hr-fact-friday-eeoc-shows-spike-in-discrimination-charges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/05/29/hr-fact-friday-eeoc-shows-spike-in-discrimination-charges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 20:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Age Discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[race]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hrnblog.com/?p=766</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The number of age discrimination claims rose from 19,103 in 2007 to 24,582 in 2008, while retaliation claims rose from 26,663 to 32,690, just hundreds shy of overtaking the perennial number 1 type of charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) &#8211; race discrimination, which rose to 33,937 charges. The figure for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women Comprise 92% of a RIF and Yet No Discrimination?</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/03/25/women-comprise-92-of-a-rif-and-yet-no-discrimination/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/03/25/women-comprise-92-of-a-rif-and-yet-no-discrimination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has found that terminated female plaintiffs, who claimed discrimination drove decisions in a reduction in force, failed to provide supporting evidence to make their case.  The pro-employer decision came despite the fact that females comprised 53% of the workforce but 92% of those terminated.  Why you ask? The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: EEOC Reports Job Bias Hits Record High</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/03/13/hr-fact-friday-eeoc-reports-job-bias-hits-record-high/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/03/13/hr-fact-friday-eeoc-reports-job-bias-hits-record-high/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hrnblog.com/?p=375</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that workplace discrimination charge filings with the federal agency nationwide soared to an unprecedented level of 95,402 during Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, which ended Sept. 30. This level is a 15 percent increase from the previous fiscal year. The FY 2008 enforcement and litigation statistics, which [...]]]></description>
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