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Gay rights groups seek order on employer bias
Gay rights advocates are renewing their push for President Barack Obama to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating ...
Court: BA discriminated against Christian staffer
Religious freedom is a right but not an absolute one, Europe's top court said Tuesday, ruling that British Airways discriminated against a devoutly ...
At Iowa prison, a lonely battle against sex movies
Administrators let offenders at one of Iowa's most dangerous prison units watch violent and sexually explicit movies and TV shows for years, despite ...
Federal contract employees get whistle-blower aid
Millions of people who work for federal contractors or grant recipients will have new legal whistle-blower protections under legislation sent to ...
Labor Dept. urges talks over Bahrain labor unrest
The government of Bahrain has fallen short of commitments to recognize labor rights and prevent employment discrimination under a free trade agreement ...
Trim gender gap to boost economies, OECD says
Governments looking to boost growth should focus on further narrowing the "gender gap" that continues to hold women back in education, employment and ...
English soccer to tackle racism with education
All professional soccer players and managers in England and newcomers from abroad will have cultural lessons regarding discrimination as part of ...
Court: Who counts as a supervisor?
When does your co-worker also count as your supervisor? The Supreme Court may make a final decision on whether to draw a legal line between work ...
Chelsea fires coach Roberto Di Matteo
Roberto Di Matteo's reign as Chelsea manager came to a sudden end Wednesday when he was fired only six months after guiding the club to an unlikely ...
Limits on class-action lawsuits at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court appeared divided Monday in two cases in which businesses are trying to make it harder for customers or investors to band together ...
Judge backs NASA lab in work discrimination case
A California judge has tentatively ruled in favor of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by a former computer ...
NJ woman files NY gender bias lawsuit against NBA
A New Jersey woman who worked for the NBA as a senior account executive filed a $3 million gender discrimination lawsuit against the league Tuesday, ...
More BBC staff probed on sex claims post-Savile
A sexual abuse scandal shaking the BBC broadened Tuesday, with the broadcaster saying that it is investigating claims of sexual abuse and harassment ...
Romney primary message shifts as election nears
On immigration, taxes and women's issues, Mitt Romney is abandoning his "severely conservative" talk of the Republican primary season and moving ...
A public law school faces trial over liberal bias
Praised by colleagues as smart, friendly and passionate about the law, Teresa Wagner was a leading candidate when two jobs came open to teach writing ...
Summitt says she was not forced out by Tennessee
Pat Summitt said Friday she decided on her own not to continue coaching the Lady Vols and never felt Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart forced her ...
'Girls' shine on TV, but not behind the scenes
At first glance, the television industry is in the grip of female empowerment so strong that men seem relegated to an afterthought. "Girls" and "New ...
Judge: Texas firm must pay disabled workers $1.4M
A Texas company that profited for decades by supplying mentally disabled workers to an Iowa turkey plant at wages of 41 cents per hour must pay the ...
SAfrica: $563M lost in gold, platinum production
Strikes have cost South Africa close to 4.5 billion rand (nearly $563 million) in lost gold and platinum production, President Jacob Zuma announced ...
Furor fades a year after military's gay ban lifted
They are images Americans had never seen before. Jubilant young men and women in military uniforms marching beneath a rainbow flag in a gay-pride ...
SAfrican police fire gas, force people into shacks
In a crackdown on striking miners condemned by the South African Council of Churches, police fired rubber bullets and tear gas that sent men, women ...
Europe's minority youth face steeper job hurdles
Europe is failing its youth, and none more than its ethnic and religious minorities. As Europe slides back into recession, young graduates from the ...
SAfrica's alliance blames mining companies
The African National Congress and its governing partners in South Africa on Friday accused mining companies of stirring up union rivalries at the ...
CORRECTION: South Africa-Mining Violence story
In some versions of a story Sept. 3 about ongoing violence surrounding illegal strikes in South Africa, The Associated Press erroneously reported that ...
4 shot at mine owned by SAfrica president's nephew
Mine unrest spread in South Africa as police and security guards fired rubber bullets and tear gas Monday at sacked gold miners attacking former ...