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Written by epi.org Tuesday, 10 April 2012 00:00
From an economic standpoint, Asian Americans are presumed to fare better than average, even during downturns—a perception that contributes to their reputation as “model minorities.” Indeed, from 2007 to 2010, Asian Americans had annual unemployment rates that were slightly lower than those of whites. But these numbers mask persistent disadvantages for Asian Americans.
Written by USCIS Monday, 09 April 2012 00:00
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has established an expedited process for reviewing and correcting decisions resulting from certain administrative errors.
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Written by CAMERON LANGFORD Thursday, 05 April 2012 10:39
LAREDO, Texas (CN) - An administrative assistant claims a Webb County commissioner forced her to give him oral sex "on an almost weekly basis" for years to keep her job, then stripped her of her duties when she filed a sexual harassment claim against him.
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Written by Littler Mendelson Thursday, 05 April 2012 08:41
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) prohibits discrimination on the basis of age and covers employees who are 40 years of age and older. The ADEA provides a statutory exception for "reasonable factors other than age."1 Since the Supreme Court held, in Smith v. City of Jackson,2 that employees could bring a disparate impact case under the ADEA, employers have been seeking guidance from the EEOC on how it would interpret the cryptic phrase "reasonable factors other than age" in the disparate impact context.
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At $22 per quarter-ounce, a Hewlett-Packard color ink-jet cartridge is more expensive, by weight, than imported Russian caviar.
