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AT&T to pay Muslim woman $5M in harassment case

May 6, 2012 - 6:12am

A former Kansas City woman who converted to Islam in 2005 said she was harassed for years at AT&T, and that the abuse boiled over in 2008 when her boss snatched her head scarf and exposed her hair.

US says transgender people protected under law

April 25, 2012 - 9:09am

 In a first-of-its-kind ruling, the agency that enforces America's job discrimination laws has ruled that transgender people are protected from bias in the workplace.

Hertz suspends 34 Muslim drivers in prayer dispute

October 8, 2011 - 2:06pm

Thirty-four Muslim drivers for auto rental company Hertz claimed they were suspended for praying during work hours, but the company contended they were reprimanded for abusing break times.

Company suspends 34 Muslim drivers over prayers

October 8, 2011 - 8:25am

Thirty-four Muslim drivers for Hertz claimed they were suspended for praying during work hours, but the company contended they were reprimanded for abusing break times.

Working abroad isn't a lark

By Lorenzo Paradiang Jr. | July 17, 2010 - 12:00am

At first blush, one just shrugged his shoulders while coming across a news item that four Filipina nurses had been sacked in April from their employment in a Baltimore hospital, for speaking Tagalog while on du...

Freeman Opinion

U.S. Commission ruled NYC wronged Arabic-language principal

March 13, 2010 - 11:40am

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. officials have ruled that the New York City Education Department discriminated against the founding principal of an Arabic-language school who lost her job after she made controversial...

Workers press $7.8-M claim from US company

By Aurea Calica | October 9, 2000 - 12:00am

More than a thousand overseas Filipino workers are appealing to the United States government to intervene in their 16-year-old claim for $7.8 million in unpaid wages and other benefits from their US-based employer. In...

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