SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has become the first state in the U.S. to allow residents who don’t identify as male or female to mark their gender as “not specified” when they apply for a driver’s license, learner’s permit or ...

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ALBANY — New York’s governor has signed several pieces of legislation intended to strengthen laws on sexual harassment, domestic violence, sex trafficking and gender discrimination when it comes to pay and pregnancy. The laws passed this year after being held ...

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U.S. District Court, WDNY Gender Discrimination Nondiscriminatory Reason for Suspension — Employer’s Criticism Lynch v. National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation 12-cv-6095L Judge Larimer Background: The plaintiff commenced a gender-discrimination and retaliation suite against her former employer. The plaintiff was terminated ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Gender Discrimination Arbitration Parisi v. Goldman, Sachs & Co. 11-5229 Judges B. D. Parker, Ragi, and Lynch Background: The plaintiff and two other former female employees sued their former employer on behalf of ...

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U.S. District Court, WDNY Gender Discrimination Pretext — Non-discriminatory Reason Spencer v. Holley Central School District, et al. 09-cv-6351L Judge Larimer Background: The plaintiff had been employed by the defendant as a school bus driver. The defendant pursued disciplinary action ...

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In enacting the self-leave provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act, was Congress seeking to address gender discrimination in the workplace? That was the question at the center of the debate Wednesday during oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme ...

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A Southern Tier woman is suing a Steuben County academy for alleged gender discrimination. Edith Jordan claims she was discriminated against because she is a woman and that she was dismissed from the Southern Tier Law Enforcement Academy ...

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U.S. District Court, WDNY Job Discrimination Gender Discrimination — Retaliation Andersen v. Rochester City School District 09-CV-6259 Judge Telesca Background: The plaintiff Tina M. Andersen brought this job discrimination action alleging gender discrimination, retaliation for engaging in a protected activity, ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Gender Discrimination Hollander v. Copacabana Nightclub 08-5547-cv Appealed from the Southern District of New York Background: Plaintiff-appellant Roy Den Hollander, individually and on behalf of a putative class of similarly situated men, ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — A sharply divided federal appeals court on Monday exposed Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to billions of dollars in legal damages when it ruled a massive class action lawsuit alleging gender discrimination ...

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