GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE EEOC

Sharon Fast Gustafson was sworn in today as General Counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She becomes the first woman to serve as General Counsel at the EEOC. A case she is known for is representing an employee in a pregnancy discrimination...

SIMPSONS COMPOSER ACCUSES FOX OF AGEISM

Alf Clausen, longtime composer of The Simpsons, has filed a lawsuit alleging age discrimination and #discrimination based on a perceived disability. Mr. Clausen was terminated after a 27-year career composing music for the show and says he was replaced by someone...

AGE DISCRIMINATION AT GOOGLE

Age discrimination is a real issue in this country. We see it even at top companies like Google who just paid $11m to more than 200 job-seekers who were over 40 when they applied in order to settle a lawsuit alleging age discrimination in its hiring practices. Learn...

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT

On July 26th, 1990 the US Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) which prohibits #discrimination in employment, public services, public accommodations, and telecommunications on the basis of a person’s disability.

NATURAL HAIRSTYLES

We appreciate everyone involved in the legislation that now bans discrimination based on natural hairstyles in New York! “For much of our nation’s history, people of color — particularly women — have been marginalized and discriminated against simply...