Brigham & Women’s Hospital Pays $1.6 million for Gender Discrimination

$1.6 million in damages has been awarded to a female neurosurgeon who claimed hostile work environment and retaliation against a male physician and Massachusetts hospital Brigham & Women’s. A female neurosurgeon, Sangun Tuli, brought claims against her employers and her supervisor, Dr. Arthur Day, after a yearly review of her medical credentials resulted in a…
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Garney Construction and Georgia Power Being Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination

Garney Construction Company and Georgia Power are being sued by the EEOC after the companies withdrew a job offer previously made to an applicant with controlled epilepsy.  Georgia Power’s physical exam excluded people taking the applicant’s epilepsy medication. According to the EEOC’s suit, Garney initially offered a front-end loader job to Bryan Mimmovich at its…
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Berkeley Bake Sale Causes Affirmative Action Controversy

Controversy is stirring at the University of California, Berkeley, after a Republican student group decided to hold a bake sale at which the prices were determined by the buyer’s race and sex.  The bake sale, intended to highlight the group’s disapproval or race and gender quotas through Affirmative Action, sparked fierce debate on the campus…
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