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Texas Lactation Case Sets Stage for Breastfeeding Battle

  Do women have the right to bring a breast pump to work in order to feed an infant at home?  That's the question being posed to a court of appeals in Texas this month after a woman was fired from her job because she told her boss that she planned to pump breast milk at work after returning from pregnancy leave. The ...

Woman Sentenced to Five Years Following Tax Fraud Scheme

  The plan seemed perfect to the three young Sacramento women: use internet tax software like TurboTax, steal Social Security numbers, and start filing fraudulent tax returns in the hopes of getting large refunds.  However, the United States criminal justice system caught up with Tomisha McKinnee, Nadiyah Woods, and Nakia ...

Woman Sues Target After Being Fired While Pregnant

  Claiming that the company violated her rights according to the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, a former employee is suing Target Corporation.  Last week, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced that they would not grant summary judgment to Target.  This ruling ...

Laws, Lack of Education Still Hurt Women in South Sudan

  Women's education and economic participation are becoming hot issues in South Sudan due to programs sponsored by the United States government.  These programs are designed to help women in the fledgling nation attain equal status so that they can have a part in the development of South Sudan's political and economic ...

Discrimination, Harassment Claims Against Señor Frog's Execs

  Señor Frog's, a chain of Mexican restaurants associated with party-heavy tourist areas, is being sued by a group of nine claimants who say that they were subjected to flagrant and repeated harassment and discrimination.  According to the claimants, harassment and discriminatory practices occurred at the highest ...

Pregnancy Discrimination Case Settled, EEOC Hits Hard

  The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced earlier this November that it has reached a settlement agreement with the Muskegon River Youth Home.  The youth home, which served as a detention facility for juveniles in the state of Michigan, had an employment policy that required employees to take particular steps ...

VA Helps Military Sexual Trauma Victims Recover

  Assisting soldiers in the long road of recovery is what the Department of Veterans' Affairs is all about.  While the vast majority of male soldiers are traumatized by witnessing war and devastation, female soldiers have another source of major trauma to deal with: military sexual trauma, which occurs to devastating numbers ...

Sexual Harassment Settlement Reached by IHOP Franchise

  The franchise owner of several IHOP restaurants located throughout New Mexico has agreed to settle a sexual discrimination lawsuit for the sum of $1 million.  The lawsuit alleged that a class of 22 women had been sexually harassed by a manager at one of the IHOP restaurants owned by the franchisee. The group of women ...

Vote for Women Bishops Fails in England

  A widely anticipated vote on the status of women in England's largest church left the status quo intact.  Although a solid majority voted in favor of the measure allowing female bishops to serve the Church of England, the measure failed due to voting rules requiring a two-thirds majority from three different voting groups ...

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