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The California Civil Rights Department in filings in state court accused the tech giant of retaliating against its California-based employees who used parental, disability, pregnancy and family-care leave since 2017 by denying them raises, promotions and stock awards.

Now here’s a shocker. The highly credentialed and highly compensated nonprofit executive who tells businesses to stop focusing on the needs of shareholders doesn’t seem to be a very nice boss. In fact he may treat his employees even worse than he wants businesses to treat their owners and customers.

application window for the PLI scheme for white goods, including ACs and LED lights, for 90 days from July 15. The industry has an appetite to invest more under the production linked incentive (PLI) scheme, the commerce and industry ministry said. The application window shall remain open from July 15 to October 12. No application shall be accepted after the closure of the application window. In order to avoid any discrimination, both new applicants as well as existing beneficiaries of the scheme who propose to invest more by way of switching over to higher target segment, would be eligible to apply.

₹500-600 every day. The situation is worse for those who come from marginalized communities. Ajay Kumar Gautam, a researcher, in his work, ‘Unveiling Layers of Struggle: Caste, Gender, and Precarity Among Indian Street Vendors,’ reveals caste discrimination among street vendors.

California lawmakers have advanced a bill that would regulate powerful artificial intelligence systems

Global software giant Microsoft Corp. will pay $14.4 million in California to settle allegations that it discriminated against employees who took protected leave from work

regional labour commissioner, Chennai, in its submission to the central labour ministry on Wednesday, said there is no evidence supporting claims of discrimination against married women in the recruitment and employment processes at the Foxconn’s Chennai iPhone factory. The ministry, however, is awaiting the response from the state government following which it will firm up its observations on the matter for submission to the National Human Rights Commission. “After reviewing the submissions, records, and statements from married female employees, the report concluded that there is no evidence supporting claims of discrimination against married women in the recruitment and employment processes at the Foxconn Chennai iPhone factory,” the regional labour commissioner said in its submission.

compensation to the next of kin of Agniveer Ajay Kumar intensified on Friday with Rahul Gandhi reiterating that the martyr's family had not got compensation till date and alleged that the Modi government was discriminating against the Agniveers. The Congress leader also shared a video on X purportedly of the father of a deceased Agniveer who stated that his family got Rs 50 lakh as insurance from a private bank and 48 lakh from the Army Group Insurance Fund. Gandhi said in the video that the martyr's family had not got compensation and asked why they have not got ex-gratia payment. He asked why salary arrears have not been received in the bank account of the martyr's family.

Tamil Nadu government seeking a detailed report in the Foxconn case, taking suo motu cognizance of discrimination by the company which reportedly excluded married women from job at its assembly plant in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. “The Commission has observed that the contents of the media reports, if true, raise a serious issue of discrimination against married women causing the violation of the right to equality and equal opportunity,” NHRC said in a statement issued on Monday. “Therefore, the Commission has issued notices to the secretary, union ministry of labour and employment and the chief secretary, government of Tamil Nadu calling for a detailed report in the matter within one week,” NHRC said in a statement issued on Monday.

Om Birla on his election as Lok Sabha Speaker and exhorted him to run the House fairly, without bias. Leading the Opposition benches was Rahul Gandhi, who was appointed Leader of Opposition on Tuesday, a post that remained vacant for a decade. «The idea that you can run the House efficiently by silencing the voice of the Opposition is a non-democratic idea and this election has shown that the people of India expect the Opposition to defend the Constitution, the Samvidhan of this country,» said Gandhi as he cautioned against the stifling of the voice of Opposition. «The question is not how efficiently the House is run, the question is how much of India's voice is being allowed to be heard in this House,» Gandhi said, adding that by allowing the Opposition to speak, the Speaker would be doing his duty of defending the Constitution of India. Gandhi assured the Speaker of his support in running the House. «We, the Opposition, would like to assist you in doing your work. We would like the House to function often and well,» he said.

Apple and Foxconn acknowledged lapses in hiring practices in 2022 and said they had worked to address the issues. However, all the discriminatory practices documented by Reuters at the Sriperumbudur plant near Chennai took place in 2023 and 2024.

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday congratulated Om Birla on being elected the Lok Sabha speaker and said he hoped that actions like suspension of MPs would not be taken as they hurt the dignity of the House. Yadav said he also hoped that Birla would be impartial towards the opposition and give its leaders equal opportunity.

JP Nadda on Monday wrote to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, questioning the «stoic silence» of his party on the recent hooch tragedy which left several people dead in Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu hooch tragedy was entirely a «man-made disaster», Nadda said in his letter to Kharge, adding «perhaps if the deep nexus between the ruling DMK-INDI alliance dispensation and illicit liquor mafia did not exist today, 56 lives could have been saved.» Nadda said the ghastly images of burning funeral pyres from Karunapuram village in Kallakurichi in the aftermath of Tamil Nadu's «worst ever' spurious liquor consumption tragedy, that has left 56 dead until now and almost 159 persons hospitalised, has shaken the conscience of the entire nation.»

he would “love" to coach the Indian cricket team but has recently remained tight-lipped. However, during an event in Kolkata, Gautam Gambhir said he is “not seeing far ahead" when asked about his future as the Indian coach.Gautam Gambhir said, “I don't see that far ahead. You are grilling me, asking me all tough questions.

black passengers were removed from a flight allegedly for their body odor? Several American Airlines employees have been sent on leave. In a terse note written to its employees, American CEO Robert Isom said that the incident was unacceptable. He said that he was incredibly disappointed by what happened on that flight and the breakdown of the set procedures. He added that the incident contradicted the values of the airlines fell short of commitments and failed customers. What happened?

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American Airlines is putting employees on leave after they were involved in an incident in which several Black passengers were removed from a flight earlier this year

Snapchat Inc. will pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit brought by California’s civil rights agency

flexibility remains a pressing concern for most employees, says a report. According to recruitment firm Michael Page India's Talent Trends 2024 report, flexibility has become a major point of contention in most parts of India as employers grapple with implementing hybrid working models and policies that meet both business needs and employee preferences. At a time when a whopping 94 per cent of respondents (India) are open to exploring different roles in 2024, employers must look beyond competitive salaries and address broader aspects such as flexibility, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I), and positive workplace culture to effectively attract and retain top talent, the report said.

By Howard Levitt and Kathryn Marshall

Emmanuel Macron's policies if it wins historic polls that could propel the far right to major gains in parliament. Far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen, also making a pitch to voters, pledged a «national unity government» if her party takes power in the snap legislative elections.