Discrimination

Staff make their way around the aisles collecting items before sending them to the on-site dispatch hall to be packaged inside one of Britain's largest Amazon warehouses in Dunfermline, Fife.Jane Barlow | PA Images | Getty ImagesNew York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced the state's Division of Human Rights has filed a complaint against Amazon alleging it discriminates against pregnant workers and workers with disabilities at its facilities.Amazon also allegedly forces pregnant workers and workers with disabilities…

S&P Dow Jones Indices has removed electric carmaker Tesla Inc from its widely-followed S&P 500 ESG Index, citing issues including racial discrimination claims against the company and its handling of a government investigation after crashes linked to its autopilot vehicles.The changes, effective May 2, were described in May 17 blog post sent by a spokesman for the index provider on Wednesday.Also Read:The AAA, a U.S. consumer and travel services organization, said the tests illustrate how current assisted driving…

As companies increasingly involve AI in their hiring processes, advocates, lawyers, and researchers have continued to sound the alarm. Algorithms have been found to automatically assign job candidates different scores based on arbitrary criteria like whether they wear glasses or a headscarf or have a bookshelf in the background. Hiring algorithms can penalize applicants for having a Black-sounding name, mentioning a women’s college, and even submitting their résumé using certain file types. They can disadvantage people…

Credit: Chart: The Conversation, CC-BY-ND Source: Ferial Pearson and Steve Gill The national debate about LGBTQ issues in schools has come to the Midwest. In the wake of the passage of Florida's so-called "don't say gay" law, more than a dozen other states—including Missouri, Iowa, Tennessee and Ohio—have proposed similar legislation aimed at limiting how teachers discuss topics of gender identity or sexual orientation.…

Editor's note: US-based Dalit writer Sujatha Gidla's debut book, Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India, has won Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize this year. Gidla's book is a memoir, in which she presents vivid descriptions of lives lived in abject poverty, in the midst of violence, and caste and gender-based discrimination. Gidla also recounts struggles of women like her mother, who strived to have careers, despite many hindrance. Here's the introductory passage from Gidla's book,…

The career-networking service LinkedIn has agreed to pay $1.8 million (roughly Rs. 13 crore) in back wages to hundreds of female workers to settle a pay discrimination complaint brought by US labour investigators.The US Labor Department announced Tuesday that it has reached a settlement agreement with LinkedIn to resolve allegations of “systemic, gender-based pay discrimination" in which women were paid less than men in comparable job roles.The settlement affects nearly 700 women who worked in engineering, product or…