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Title: L.A. Weight Loss to Face Trial for Sex Bias and Retaliation [USA]
A federal court has ruled that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) may proceed to trial with its class sex discrimination lawsuit against L.A. Weight Loss Centers, Inc. (LAWL) on behalf of qualified male applicants nationwide...The EEOC sued LAWL in February 2002...alleging that the company engaged in a pattern or practice of disparate treatment against men in its recruiting, hiring, and assignment of employees. In its suit...the EEOC also charged that LAWL disciplined and ultimately terminated employee Kathy Koch...in retaliation for attempting to hire male applicants and for her complaints that LAWL failed to hire qualified male applicants because of their gender.
Author: Panthic Weekly/Khalsa Press Dated:07 May 2006
Bally Total Fitness has been hit with a lawsuit for discrimination. The Chicago-based fitness chain rejected a Sikh applicant at a Fresno, Calif. gym on the basis of his religion... Sukhdev Singh Dhaliwal...who applied for a sales position in Bally Total Fitness center asked a number of questions pertaining to his Indian origin and Sikh religion, during an interview. This was a clear violation of federal employment laws, said Joan Ehrlich, director for the EEOC’s [Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] San Francisco district.
Fitness club chain 24 Hour Fitness USA Inc. has agreed to pay $32,500 to a former female manager as part of a settlement in a sexual discrimination lawsuit...According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Dallas District Office, 24 Hour Fitness passed over Janet Juelfs for general manager at least six times in favor of male employees with less tenure, education and/or experience than her.
Author:Disability Rights Commission [UK] Dated:28 Sep 2004
On the eve of major new consumer laws requiring businesses to be more user-friendly for disabled people, a survey by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) shows that disabled people are getting a second class service and encountering major problems on four out of five of Britain’s biggest high streets...[The] survey for the DRC of major high streets across the country shows that the majority of shops, cafes, restaurants, cinemas and pubs are still problematic for disabled people...
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