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Featured Resource: Dos and Don'ts for Avoiding National Origin Discrimination in Hiring
July 2011
Federal and state laws prohibit employers from discriminating against applicants, employees, and independent contractors based on their actual or perceived national origin or ancestry. In recent years, though, both the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing have seen a surge in the number of claims filed on the basis of national origin discrimination. . . .
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Sample Policy: Equal Employment Opportunity
Updated February 2012
XYZ, Inc., is an equal opportunity employer. XYZ also maintains a zero tolerance policy with respect to discrimination in its workplace. No manager or employee of the company will discriminate against . . .
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News Note: No 'Meeting of the Minds' on Arbitration Pact
June 2008
When store employee Sam Metters filed a race bias lawsuit against Ralphs Grocery Co., Ralphs tried to get the case moved to an arbitrator. The company pointed to a dispute resolution form it gave Metters after he made an internal complaint about discrimination. Metters signed the . . .
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News Note: Drug Test Not Shown to Be Subterfuge for Discrimination
June 2008
Rosetta Surrell, who is African-American, sued her employer, San Jose-based California Water Service Co. (Cal Water), claiming that after she complained about race discrimination in connection with missed promotional opportunities in the firm's Stockton district, the company . . .
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News Note: Former TV Anchor Loses Reverse Bias Suit
May 2008
Bradford Hicks, who is white, was a weeknight news anchor for KNTV Television, Inc., in the Bay Area. When his contract expired, KNTV chose not to renew it. Several months later, when KNTV hired an African-American man . . .
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