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Workers Sue Daimler Trucks In Oregon, Alleging Racial Discrimination

1:05pm February 26, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The African-American plaintiffs say they were threatened with violence and harassed by white co-workers at a Daimler Trucks plant in Portland.

Josh Kronberg-Rasner was the only openly gay employee at a food service company in Casper, Wyo. He was fired in 2012 shortly after being assigned a new manager.

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For People Fired For Being Gay, Old Court Case Becomes A New Tool

1:30pm November 11, 2014

by Miles Bryan

Workplace discrimination against gay people is legal in 29 states. So some LGBT people have filed discrimination claims using a legal argument from a 1989 Supreme Court case about gender stereotypes.

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A recent study found obese women are more likely than other women to work physically demanding jobs, like the kind that call for hard hats. They're less likely to work in jobs that require a lot of interaction with clients and customers — jobs that, on

Obese Women Make Less Money, Work More Physically Demanding Jobs

7:34am November 09, 2014

by Rebecca Hersher

A 65 percent increase in a woman's weight is associated with a 9-percent drop in earnings. A recent study investigated what's behind that "obesity penalty," and why it hits women harder than men.

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Workplace drug testing for marijuana may need updating in light of changing laws, a case before the Colorado Supreme Court suggests.

Colorado Case Puts Workplace Drug Policies To The Test

5:23pm August 14, 2014

by Yuki Noguchi

The urine test employers typically use to detect marijuana picks up cannabis smoked or swallowed days or weeks earlier. Should firms be allowed to fire workers who legally use marijuana at home?

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