Door will open to genetic discrimination if act protecting Canadians is overturned, genomics expert says

A genomics and policy researcher with the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto says the health and personal freedom of patients will be at risk if a challenge by the government of Quebec to Canada’s year-old Genetic Non-Discrimination Act (GNA) is successful.

Tesla emails show automaker offered cash to quiet discrimination suit

Tesla doesn’t exactly have the best reputation when it comes to employee relations. Reports from the automaker’s factory in Fremont, California, talk about speed taking precedence over quality in assembling cars, and that forced overtime caused some preventable injuries. Today, The Guardian reports that company emails show Tesla wanted to pay off an employee who […]

Walmart, Dick’s sued for age discrimination over gun sale policy change

Just weeks after two of America’s biggest retailers changed their policies to sell guns only to people aged 21 and over, they’re facing an age discrimination lawsuit. The changes were made following the Parkland school shooting. Oregon man Tyler Watson filed lawsuits against both Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart after he was refused service when […]

IMDb win: Judge blocks Hollywood age discrimination law

A federal judge has declared unconstitutional a California law that would have prevented the website IMDb from publishing the ages of actors. The law violates free speech and does not address causes of age discrimination, he said. IMDb, also known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database publishing information related to films, television […]

The engineer fired for his memo about women in tech is suing Google for discrimination (GOOG, GOOGL)

James Damore / Twitter James Damore, the engineer that Google fired in August for writing a memo suggesting women are less interested in tech because of their biology, has filed a lawsuit against Google.  Damore is alleging that conservative white men are discriminated against at Google and that his firing was retribution against him for […]

A Lawsuit Accuses Delta Airlines of Discrimination Against Jews, Israelis

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War on outback Christmas? Aussie treasurer vows to ‘call out’ discrimination against Christians

Published time: 22 Dec, 2017 17:03 Christianity is not given the same respect as other religions in the Land Down Under, according to Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison. His comments have been labeled hypocritical due to his “unchristian” anti-migrant stance. In an interview with Fairfax Media, Morrison promised to “call out” those who mock Christianity and its […]

Ford releases video to address harassment, discrimination claims by workers

Ford, stung by a series of lawsuits and a lengthy New York Times piece examining allegations of rampant sexual harassment and racial discriminations in its two Chicago plants, is countering with a nationwide campaign meant to notify employees in all 24 of its U.S. factories of its workplace policies and how to report wrongdoing. A […]

Old need not apply: Companies sued for age discrimination in Facebook ads

Three plaintiffs have filed a class action lawsuit against T-Mobile, Amazon, Cox and dozens of other large US employers, for allegedly excluding older workers from seeing job ads on Facebook’s paid advertising platform. Linda Bradley, Maurice Anscombe and Lura Callahan contend in their complaint that “hundreds of major American employers and employment agencies routinely exclude […]

Tesla facing potential class-action lawsuit for racial discrimination

Tesla Factory in Fremont, California. (credit: Maurizio Pesce / Flickr) Tesla’s factory in Fremont is a “hotbed for racist behavior,” according to a a legal complaint filed in California’s Alameda County Superior Court on Monday and reported by Bloomberg. Marcus Vaughn is an African-American who worked on Tesla’s factory floor from April to October of […]