New mental-health manual likely to impact HR *

USA - May 22 2013
In psychiatry, unlike other branches of medicine, there is no laboratory test that can confirm the existence of a particular mental disorder…

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"Here's looking at you, kid" - the EEOC looks for beauty bias *

USA - July 2 2012
The EEOC is currently investigating Marylou's Coffee, a chain of Massachusetts coffee shops, for its practice for hiring young attractive women to serve coffee.

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Gone to the dogs: rules on service animals to become much stricter *

USA - March 1 2011
Regulations issued in 1991 following the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) required that public accommodations (which include restaurants, hotels, retail establishments, theaters and concert halls) modify their policies, practices, or procedures to permit the use of a service animal by an individual with a disability.

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Beauty and the bias *

USA - November 2 2010
The controversy over discrimination in employment based on appearance is heating up again.

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New Arizona immigration law may impact workplaces nationwide *

USA - June 1 2010
Arizona's new immigration law, enacted on April 23, makes it a state crime for anyone in the U.S. illegally to be in the state of Arizona, and it requires police to arrest anyone who cannot produce proof of U.S. citizenship or authorization to be in this country.

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