A manager asks an employee to take a drug test. He says it was because she looked high. She says it was her race. Read the facts of this real-life case and decide: Who won?
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Tags: Discrimination, drug tests, policy
Congress’s new genetic discrimination law looks like it has a narrow focus — but could any companies really find themselves in a lawsuit over it?
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Tags: genetic information, GINA, HIPAA
A new study shows that treatment based on job candidates’ and employees’ weight is a common form of bias. In most states, there’s no law against that - but here’s how it can get firms in trouble.
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Tags: Discrimination, obesity, overweight
