EEOC Says It Received a Record Number of Discrimination Complaints in 2011, with Race Discrimination at the Top of the List The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received a record 99,947 charges of employment discrimination in 2011, according to a report released today. The commission obtained $455.6 million in relief through its administrative…
Dibyendu Malakar needed a graduate business degree to advance his career, but he was working full time and could not afford $100,000 or more for a two-year M.B.A. program at Berkeley, Stanford or another accredited business school. So Malakar enrolled at Frederick Taylor University, an unaccredited school in Moraga. Because Frederick Taylor is listed in…
Pepsi Beverages Co. will pay $3.1 million to settle federal charges of race discrimination for using criminal background checks to screen out job applicants — even if they weren’t convicted of a crime. The settlement announced Wednesday with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is part of a national government crackdown on hiring policies that can…
To help prevent discrimination against unemployed Californians by employers or employment agencies only interested in hiring applicants who already have a job, newly proposed legislation in the state – California Assembly Bill No. 1450 (AB 1450) – would fine California employers and employment agencies that refuse to consider jobless applicants for job openings. Introduced by…
Smokers in the medical field now have another reason to quit as a Pennsylvania hospital has said it will no longer hire smokers and is introducing nicotine tests in order to enforce the rule. Geisinger Health System’s smoke-free health policy will go into effect on Feb. 1, according to KKTV.com. “Not only do we want…
Goofing off on the computer landed a Chapel High School student in jail after he allegedly completed an online application for a credit card using the social security number of a high-ranking White House official. James Townsend was charged with identity fraud for allegedly completing the application for a Discover credit card issued to “a…
Hundreds of prison inmates have found new careers behind bars — by registering with the IRS as income tax preparers. A total of 331 inmates were serving prison terms when they got active or provisional tax preparer tax identification numbers from the IRS, according to an audit issued by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax…
Lady Gaga is a monster — to work for. Long Islander Jennifer O’Neill endured 13 long months as the domineering diva’s personal assistant — and claims she’s owned hundreds of thousands of dollars for the bad romance. O’Neill, 41, says she had to cater to the 25-year-old pop superstar’s every whim, at every hour of…
Have you ever wondered who the first person was to ever possess a Social Security Number? You’re not alone and that is why we found him! John David Sweeney, Jr, according to the Social Security Administration, was issued the first official Social Security Number (SSN) on December 1, 1936. Batches of SSN records containing 1,000…
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