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WORKPLACE SAFETY This is where Wuhan coronavirus cases have been confirmed worldwide
Hong Kong (CNN)The Wuhan coronavirus has spread throughout the world since the first cases were detected in central China in December. At least 132 people have died and more than 6,000 are fighting symptoms including fever and breathing difficulties. China’…
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Workplace discrimination Virginia becomes 38th state to pass ERA for women, likely setting up issue for courts
CLOSE Cathi Herrod, president of the Center for Arizona Policy, claims the ERA effort is about ensuring abortion protections. Is she right? Arizona RepublicWASHINGTON – Virginia on Wednesday became the 38th – and potentially pivotal – state to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, setting up an expected legal battle over what happens next.If codified into the Constitution, the change would explicitly…
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Violence at work Bible vs indigenous beliefs at issue in Bolivia
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Hoisting a large leather Bible above her head, Bolivia’s new interim president delivered an emphatic message hours after Evo Morales fled under pressure, the end of a nearly 14-year presidency that celebrated the country’s indigenous religious beliefs like never before. “The Bible has returned to the palace,” bellowed Jeanine Añez as…
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Employee rights Facebook makes a new ad sales push in China after Zuckerberg criticizes the country
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg meets Founder and Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group Jack Ma (not pictured), at the China Development Forum in Beijing, China, March 19, 2016. Shu Zhang | ReutersFacebook is setting up a new engineering team in Singapore to focus on its lucrative China advertising business, according to three people familiar with…
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Sexual harassment Groom accused of sexual assault at reception gets probation
A judge has sentenced a man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage waitress at his wedding reception to probationJanuary 17, 2020, 2:57 PM2 min readDOYLESTOWN, Pa. — A man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage waitress at his wedding reception has been sentenced to probation. Matthew Aimers, 32, of Willingboro, New Jersey, pleaded guilty on…
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Violence at work Legal group seeks federal inquiry into Mississippi prisons
JACKSON, Miss. — Prisoner advocates are calling on the federal government to investigate Mississippi’s prison system for possible civil rights violations, saying the violence of recent days highlights deliberate violations of inmates’ constitutional right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. A formal letter and protest came Tuesday even as the mother of one…
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Workplace discrimination Cricket fries, the seats of government, bighorn release: News from around our 50 states
AlabamaBirmingham: Months of headaches for daily commuters, long-haul drivers and downtown businesses have come to an end with the reopening of Interstate 59/20 through the city. Workers have virtually completed finishing touches like yellow striping and installing signs on a mile-long section of the highway that was demolished and rebuilt after the old road was…
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Sexual harassment S Korean military decides to discharge transgender soldier
South Korea’s first known transgender soldier is pleading to be allowed to continue serving after the military decided to discharge her for undergoing gender reassignment surgeryBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated PressJanuary 22, 2020, 11:10 AM3 min readSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s first known transgender soldier pleaded to be allowed to continue serving after the military…
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Violence at work Germany’s Merkel urges climate action in New Year message
Chancellor Angela Merkel is telling Germans in her New Year message that “everything humanly possible” must be done to tackle climate changeBy GEIR MOULSON Associated PressDecember 31, 2019, 12:21 AM3 min readBERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel is telling Germans in her New Year message that “everything humanly possible” must be done to tackle climate change.…
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Violence at work Colombia’s conflict spills over to museum of memory
BOGOTA, Colombia — On a vacant grassy lot squeezed between several smoggy highways lies the property where Colombia’s government hopes to build a large museum paying homage to victims of the country’s long civil conflict. But for now, the terrain occupied only by a rusted cubic metal sculpture is a reminder of how polarized this…