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"I'm Close To Being Fired": Woman Alleges Gender Discrimination At Work
A woman claimed she was "close to being fired" due to gender discrimination at work. The female worker, who works at a factory, claimed in a Reddit post that her boss was extending her probationary period by 30 days due to his bias against women.
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US Judge Refuses to Dismiss Lawsuit Accusing Elon Musk's X of Age Bias in 2022 Layoffs
A US federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing X, the social media service formerly called Twitter, of disproportionately laying off older workers when Elon Musk acquired the company last year.
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AI To Interpret Human Emotions: Researcher Calls For Regulatory Oversight For Such Tools Being Pushed In Schools And Workplaces
In a new article, research professor Kate Crawford writes about how artificial intelligence that claims to interpret human emotion needs to be regulated to ensure it is free of bias, and credible.
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Indian Women Face Strongest Bias At Workplace Across Asia-Pacific: Report
Even though 66 per cent of people in India feel that gender equality has improved compared to their parents' time, working women in the country still contend with the strongest gender bias across Asia Pacific countries, according to LinkedIn's Opportunity Index 2021 report released on Tuesday.
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Amazon Accused of Race-Gender Bias in Workplace, Faces Lawsuit
A lawsuit filed in US federal court accused Amazon of keeping women and Black employees down while publicly talking up the need for diversity and social justice.
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Facebook Apologises After Anonymous Post Alleges Racism at Company
Incidents described in the online post included being targeted for negative performance reviews or snide comments.
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"We Are Sorry": Facebook After Black Workers Complain Of Workplace Bias
Facebook apologized on Friday after black employees anonymously shared feelings of workplace bias in an online post.
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Lawsuit Accuses Google Of Bias Against Women In Pay, Promotions
Three female former employees of Alphabet Inc's Google filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing the tech company of discriminating against women in pay and promotions.
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Gender Bias At Workplaces: Men Preferred Over Women In Hiring, Shows Survey
New Delhi: Gender diversity may be a politically correct proposition, but when it comes to corporate hiring, the reality is men are preferred to women even if the two are equally qualified for the same job. This is one of the findings by a Randstad Workmonitor survey, where 55 per cent of overall respondents from India indicated that men are favour...
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Women's Day: This Ad Has a Spin on Workplace Sexism You Need to See
To celebrate International Women's Day, a popular watch brand has come out with a commercial that hopes to change perceptions surrounding women and their success at the workplace.
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Slow Clap for Radhika Apte's Film on Workplace Bias Against Pregnant Women
Titled The Calling, the two-minute film is a hardhitting take on the glass ceiling that most expecting working women bump into. Radhika features as the troubled employee, Shaheen, who confronts her boss (Shernaz Patel) after she is passed over for a promotion. The twist, however, occurs right in the end. You have to see what Radhika does
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"I'm Close To Being Fired": Woman Alleges Gender Discrimination At Work
A woman claimed she was "close to being fired" due to gender discrimination at work. The female worker, who works at a factory, claimed in a Reddit post that her boss was extending her probationary period by 30 days due to his bias against women.
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US Judge Refuses to Dismiss Lawsuit Accusing Elon Musk's X of Age Bias in 2022 Layoffs
A US federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing X, the social media service formerly called Twitter, of disproportionately laying off older workers when Elon Musk acquired the company last year.
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AI To Interpret Human Emotions: Researcher Calls For Regulatory Oversight For Such Tools Being Pushed In Schools And Workplaces
In a new article, research professor Kate Crawford writes about how artificial intelligence that claims to interpret human emotion needs to be regulated to ensure it is free of bias, and credible.
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Indian Women Face Strongest Bias At Workplace Across Asia-Pacific: Report
Even though 66 per cent of people in India feel that gender equality has improved compared to their parents' time, working women in the country still contend with the strongest gender bias across Asia Pacific countries, according to LinkedIn's Opportunity Index 2021 report released on Tuesday.
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Amazon Accused of Race-Gender Bias in Workplace, Faces Lawsuit
A lawsuit filed in US federal court accused Amazon of keeping women and Black employees down while publicly talking up the need for diversity and social justice.
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Facebook Apologises After Anonymous Post Alleges Racism at Company
Incidents described in the online post included being targeted for negative performance reviews or snide comments.
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"We Are Sorry": Facebook After Black Workers Complain Of Workplace Bias
Facebook apologized on Friday after black employees anonymously shared feelings of workplace bias in an online post.
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Lawsuit Accuses Google Of Bias Against Women In Pay, Promotions
Three female former employees of Alphabet Inc's Google filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing the tech company of discriminating against women in pay and promotions.
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Gender Bias At Workplaces: Men Preferred Over Women In Hiring, Shows Survey
New Delhi: Gender diversity may be a politically correct proposition, but when it comes to corporate hiring, the reality is men are preferred to women even if the two are equally qualified for the same job. This is one of the findings by a Randstad Workmonitor survey, where 55 per cent of overall respondents from India indicated that men are favour...
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Women's Day: This Ad Has a Spin on Workplace Sexism You Need to See
To celebrate International Women's Day, a popular watch brand has come out with a commercial that hopes to change perceptions surrounding women and their success at the workplace.
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Slow Clap for Radhika Apte's Film on Workplace Bias Against Pregnant Women
Titled The Calling, the two-minute film is a hardhitting take on the glass ceiling that most expecting working women bump into. Radhika features as the troubled employee, Shaheen, who confronts her boss (Shernaz Patel) after she is passed over for a promotion. The twist, however, occurs right in the end. You have to see what Radhika does
