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Personality testing in job applications: what can and can't employers ask you?

You might have heard of jobseekers being asked to complete a “personality test” as part of a job application, or been through the process yourself.

The Conversation

Study: Veterans are reluctant in seeking help for sleep, substance issues

The findings also show a link between willingness to seek help among veterans of color and incidence of discrimination. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Toxic culture at NSW parliament exposed

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says state parliament has become "toxic" for staff, as parties vow to work together to fix the culture at Macquarie Street.

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Mature students in universities face 3 kinds of barriers — here's how to address them

Since the onset of the pandemic, many colleges and universities have reported record numbers of applications from mature students — adults who return to school on a part- or full-time basis while maintaining responsibilities like employment, family and other adult life responsibilities.

The Conversation

What Law Professors Think About Legal Issues - and Why it Matters

A new study sheds interesting light on these questions.

Reason

We need to talk about monkeypox without shame and blame

The recent global outbreak of monkeypox largely among men who have sex with men has raised concerns homophobia will undermine effective prevention efforts. There are also fears the disease will fuel homophobic stigma and discrimination.

The Conversation

SA support service combatting workplace sexual harassment gets $2 million funding boost

A vital South Australian support service for women experiencing sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace has been given a $2 million funding boost.

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Crafting Laws That Limit Private-Employer-Imposed Speech Restrictions

As I mentioned last week, ten years ago I wrote a descriptive and analytical law review article called Private Employees' Speech and Political Activity: Statutory Protection Against Employer Retaliation, which aimed to catalog these often-little-known statutes. This year, I'm returning to the subject, trying to analyze the strongest arguments for…

Reason

Ramsey County jail officers of color barred from guarding Derek Chauvin win $1.46 million settlement

MINNEAPOLIS — The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners settled a racial discrimination lawsuit Tuesday that would award eight correctional officers nearly $1.46 million.

Tribune News Service

Northern Ireland age discrimination laws ‘must be urgently strengthened’

The joint call has been led by Geraldine McGahey, chief commissioner of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

The Independent UK

Two Practical Arguments for Not Limiting Private-Employer-Imposed Speech Restrictions

Reason

Two Practical Reasons Not to Limit Private-Employer-Imposed Speech Restrictions

Reason

Muslim men file lawsuit saying Alaska Airlines removed them for ‘texting in Arabic’

‘Our clients not only seek justice for themselves, but also for an entire community tired of being scapegoated to justify discrimination in air travel,’ says attorney

The Independent UK

Hidden cameras show discrimination on Côte d’Azur private beaches, say activists

Footage includes white couple getting loungers shortly after couple of ‘north African appearance’ were told they were reserved

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Reasons Not to Limit Private-Employer-Imposed Speech Restrictions: The Employer's Sub-Constitutional Rights?

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Fiji becomes first Pacific nation to recognise waste pickers as the world's invisible environmentalists fight to be seen

Despite playing a vital role in combating climate change and plastics pollution, waste pickers worldwide face discrimination and harassment. Now the fight is on to end the scavenger stigma.

Wales Online

'We want our daughter to go to a Catholic school 18 miles away but the council won't pay for transport'

Matthew and Feodora Shearman have accused their local council of "discrimination" for not paying for transport to nearest Catholic secondary

The Guardian - UK

‘Risks posed by AI are real’: EU moves to beat the algorithms that ruin lives

‘Black-box’ AI-based discrimination seems to be beyond the control of organisations that use it

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End Racial Profiling in Immigration Enforcement

It's virtually the only area of law enforcement where racial discrimination is officially permitted by policy. And it's both wrong and illegal.

Liverpool Echo

Man says people mistake him for beggar at bus stop because of his disability

Ellis said he faces systemic discrimination "every day"

Reason

Reasons Not to Limit Private-Employer-Imposed Speech Restrictions: The Employer's Own Free Speech Rights?

As I mentioned earlier this week, ten years ago I wrote a descriptive and analytical law review article called Private Employees' Speech and Political Activity: Statutory Protection Against Employer Retaliation, which aimed to catalog these often-little-known statutes. This year, I'm returning to the subject, trying to analyze the strongest arguments…

The Guardian - UK

Suella Braverman’s attack on ‘woke’ HR is a spectacular own goal

The attorney general wants to scrap Whitehall diversity training. It could mean a host of new lawsuits that the government would lose, says discrimination lawyer Robin Moira White

The Guardian - UK

Digested week: New York faces triple plague of rats, flies and racist mascots

While pest populations soar, kids’ venue mascots face accusations of discrimination

ABC News

WA researchers develop new guidelines to help prevent suicide among young LGBTQA+ people

A new set of guidelines is unveiled in a bid to help clinical and support service providers improve suicide prevention strategies for young LGBTQA+ people.

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Federal judge blocks Biden administration guidance on transgender students

A federal judge from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee on July 15, 2022, struck down a Department of Education order that aims to protect transgender students and workers from discrimination.

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