Is it the happiest place on earth to work?

 

Back in 2010, Disney made headlines for its seemingly discriminatory employment practices, when company supervisors told a Muslim employee, Imane Boudlal, that her headscarf was against company dress code and needed to be either removed or covered up. Boudlal, who …

Is Netflix violating the ADA?

 

Many of you probably have a Netflix account, or at least have heard of the fast-growing online movies and TV programs provider. But what you probably don’t know is that the company has been embroiled in a lawsuit filed by …

Gender Harassment: Just part of the job?

 

FBI employee Erika Bonilla, 38, filed a suit against the U.S. Justice Department on June 18, 2012 for alleged harassment and discrimination from her former FBI co-workers.  Bonilla claims in the lawsuit that her fellow employees were “jealous of her …

Foul cried on NBA

 

Kelley Hardwick, a female security official for the National Basketball Association, said in her recently filed lawsuit that Geno Auriemma, the coach of the United States Olympic women’s basketball team, tried to forcibly kiss her three years ago at a …

Woud you like your apartment smoking, or non?

 

Sin taxes have long tried to prevent people from smoking, but California state law has gone one step further: a law that went into effect this past January grants landlords the right to deny apartment renters from smoking in their …

Jail for skipping school?

 

A 17-year-old honor student was sentenced to jail earlier this month for missing too many days of school. The student Diane Tran was working two jobs to support her siblings, but that was not enough of an excuse for Judge …

Should you need a photo ID to vote?

 

Groups opposed to requiring photo identification at the polls planned to file a lawsuit to prevent the voter ID law from taking full effect at the November elections. Proponents of the lawsuit say this law would disenfranchise the poor, elderly, …



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