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Laws restricting employment discrimination for persons who have been convicted of criminal offenses vary significantly by state. [137] The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued guidelines for employers intended to prevent criminal record discrimination from being used as a proxy to effect unlawful racial discrimination. [138]
The Williams Institute 2011 study shows that "In the American workforce, more than eight million people (or 4 percent of the U.S. workforce) identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT)." [28] Even so, the LGBT group has faced constant discrimination and harassment in workplaces, as shown by court cases and historical events. [28]
If we take the 80% rule to apply via the odds ratio, this implies that the threshold odds ratio for assuming discrimination is 1.25 – the other measures of effect size are therefore: =, =, =, (>) = This implies that discrimination is presumed to exist if 0.4% of the variation in outcomes is explained and there is a 0.123 standard deviation ...
Missing out on professional opportunities ranks highest (39%) as a reason these workers choose not to work remotely, and 30% cite concerns over people thinking less of them for ditching the office.
Research has shown women are far more likely to be judged based on their appearance at work - not just their clothes, hair and makeup, but also their weight. How women face discrimination at work ...
It's hard to feel sorry for pretty girls, since numerous workplace discrimination studies have been done that show they have an edge when it comes to getting hired, promoted, elected and evaluated
Discrimination in the private sector is not directly constrained by the Constitution, but has become subject to a growing body of federal and state law, including the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Federal law prohibits discrimination in a number of areas, including recruiting, hiring, job evaluations, promotion policies, training ...
Discrimination against people with disabilities in favor of people who are not is called ableism or disablism. Disability discrimination, which treats non-disabled individuals as the standard of 'normal living', results in public and private places and services, educational settings, and social services that are built to serve 'standard' people ...