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Sexual harassment NAACP president critical of sexual harassment publicity
RALEIGH, N.C. — The NAACP’s national president chastised women who recently went public with a sexual harassment claim and he was reluctant to swiftly deal with the accusations against a former North Carolina officer, according to emails and recordings obtained by The Associated Press. The emails also indicate that he knew about the complaint two…
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Violence at work Police chief shot in central Mexico city of Cuernavaca
Armed attackers have shot to death the acting police chief in the central Mexico city of Cuernavaca, a once-tranquil tourist destination just south of Mexico CityDecember 6, 2019, 8:29 PM1 min readMEXICO CITY — Armed attackers shot to death the acting police chief in the central Mexico city of Cuernavaca, a once-tranquil tourist destination just…
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Employee rights The hacker behind your company’s data breach may be sitting right in the next cubicle
Hero Images | Getty ImagesData breaches regularly generate news headlines, reinforcing the popular image of foreign hackers piercing the defenses of companies and organizations to steal valuable information. In reality, most data thefts are far more mundane: Rather than being a continent away, the thieves are likely to be in a cubicle down the hall,…
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Sexual harassment Tenor Domingo blames accusations on cultural differences
Opera legend Plácido Domingo says the scandal that has erupted around allegations of sexual harassment against him is due to different standards in different countries, stating that nowadays there are places where “one can’t say anything to a woman.”By CIARÁN GILES Associated PressDecember 4, 2019, 2:21 PM3 min readMADRID — Plácido Domingo has sought to…
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WORKPLACE SAFETY 2019 was a year of extremes
Sign up to get our new weekly column as a newsletter. We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. (CNN)”Artists are here to disturb the peace,” James Baldwin told Studs Terkel in a 1961 interview. “The…
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Violence at work Fears about worker shootings prompt new business tactics
Fear of workplace violence at Oklahoma City company leads to new law, guide for employersBy SEAN MURPHY Associated PressNovember 29, 2019, 3:01 PM4 min readOKLAHOMA CITY — Security is not subtle at the sprawling campus of human resources technology giant Paycom in Oklahoma City. Off-duty police officers roam the grounds, bolstering the company’s own force…
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Workplace discrimination Black students at Oxford University to get scholarships from black American tech entrepreneur
CLOSESAN FRANCISCO — Technology investor and entrepreneur Arlan Hamilton is funding a new scholarship for black undergraduate students at Oxford University, a first for the educational institution.The scholarship, partly named for Hamilton’s mother, will cover fees and living costs for one undergraduate student a year for three years beginning in 2020. The value of the…
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Sexual harassment Egypt court sentences 3 teens to 15 years for grisly murder
A court in Egypt has convicted three teenage boys of fatally stabbing another boy, who was defending a girl from sexual harassmentBy SAMY MAGDY Associated PressDecember 22, 2019, 2:38 PM2 min readCAIRO — A court in Egypt convicted three teenage boys of fatally stabbing a boy who was defending a girl from sexual harassment, sentencing them…
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Workplace discrimination I wasn’t going to let motherhood affect my career. But now I know I leaned in too far.
Ronica Cleary, Opinion contributor Published 7:00 a.m. ET Nov. 22, 2019 I never wanted to be viewed as being less capable or less dedicated to my work just because I was a mother. Slowly, I’m learning there’s a balance.At a black-tie event in October, the room was filled with hundreds of people in glamorous clothes…
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WORKPLACE SAFETY J.K. Rowling got it wrong
Allison Hope is a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Slate and elsewhere. The views expressed here are the author’s. Read more opinion on CNN. (CNN)News that beloved Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is siding with a …