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Two Practical Reasons Not to 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

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

The Guardian - UK

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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.

ABC News

'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

Wales Online

‘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

The Guardian - UK

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SC favours to include unmarried women under abortion law

NEW DELHI: Insisting on a "forward-looking" approach, the Supreme Court has opined that any discrimination between married and unmarried women in respect of medical termination of pregnancy law in India that does not allow a single woman to go for abortion after 20 weeks, violates her personal autonomy.

The Times of India

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.

Reason

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

Ellis said he faces systemic discrimination "every day"

Liverpool Echo

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…

Reason

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

The Independent UK

Judge shortens road to decide NFL racial discrimination suit

A judge has made it likely she'll rule in weeks rather than months whether NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell gets to decide the merits of racial discrimination claims made by Black coaches against the league and its teams

The Guardian - AU

Passenger kept from boarding after Jetstar’s refusal to assist with wheelchair makes discrimination complaint

Exclusive: Complaint lodged with human rights commission after man turned away at gate of Sydney airport flight

Daily Mirror

'Freedom fighter' Roy Hackett described as 'powerful and thoughtful' as tributes pour in

Roy Hackett, who died this week aged 93, led what became the UK’s first campaign against racial discrimination. He once remembered 'it was hard for a black man to find a job'

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France 24

France creates new post of LGBTQ rights ambassador

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Thursday announced the creation of a new position of ambassador for LGBTQ rights in efforts to fight discrimination across the world.

The Independent UK

French PM announces the creation of new LGBTQ ambassador job

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has announced the creation of a new position of ambassador for LGBTQ rights, in efforts to fight discrimination across the world

Reason

Reasons Not to Limit Private-Employer-Imposed Speech Restrictions: A Constitutional Right Not to Associate?

As I mentioned yesterday, 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 and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

KSRelief Signs Agreement with Lebanon's Zakat Fund

The Saudi ambassador to Lebanon, Walid Bukhari, confirmed that the Saudi government exerts all efforts to support Lebanon's food security amid the humanitarian crisis the country is enduring. "We are doing our duties towards the brotherly Lebanese people, without any discrimination of their groups or sects," said the ambassador, adding…

The Guardian - UK

Roy Hackett was a civil rights hero – everyone in Britain should know his name

The activist who led the groundbreaking 1960s Bristol bus boycott embodied the spirit of radical resilience and hope, says Olivette Otele of Soas University of London

Al Jazeera

Muslim women in India allege bias in hiring for jobs

From being denied jobs for wearing hijab to more implicit forms of exclusion, as a study reveals, the women struggle.

The Guardian - UK

Older people deserve better support from employers

Letter: Age discrimination is still having a harmful effect in the workplace, says Steve Butler

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