News tagged with fair employment
Lawrence Livermore lab faces age discrimination lawsuits
A law firm on Tuesday announced its intention to file age discrimination complaints with a state agency on behalf of 100 workers laid off in May by Lawrence Livermore National Security.
Feb 04, 2009 |
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Independent group inspecting Apple suppliers
(AP) -- Apple said Monday that an independent group, the Fair Labor Association, has started inspecting the working conditions in the Chinese factories where its iPads and iPhones are assembled.
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Warning! Collision imminent! The brain's quick interceptions help you navigate the world
Researchers at The Neuro and the University of Maryland have figured out the mathematical calculations that specific neurons employ in order to inform us of our distance from an object and the 3-D velocities of moving objects ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 07, 2012 |
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INFLUENCE GAME: Online companies win piracy fight
(AP) -- Outspent but hardly outgunned, online and high-tech companies triggered an avalanche of Internet clicks to force Congress to shelve legislation that would curb online piracy. They outmaneuvered the ...
Jan 22, 2012 |
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Balancing scientific freedom and national security
The U.S. government's request that the journals Science and Nature withhold scientific information related to the genetically modified H5N1 virus because of biosecurity concerns does not violate the First Amendment, say two Georg ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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A gender-biased metric guides funding decisions in psychology research
How do psychologists gauge scientific impact? One way is the so-called “journal impact factor,” or JIF, a ranking of a journal derived from the number of citations by other authors to all of the articles it has ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 13, 2012 |
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Nutrition policy favours food industry - not public health
The national nutrition policy formulated by Labour and National-led Governments favours the food industry over public health according to new research from the University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand..
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Decades later, a Cold War secret is revealed
For more than a decade they toiled in the strange, boxy-looking building on the hill above the municipal airport, the building with no windows (except in the cafeteria), the building filled with secrets.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 25, 2011 |
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Financial meltdowns drive interest in business ethics, professor says
(PhysOrg.com) -- Thirty years ago the term “business ethics” drew laughter as a classic oxymoron, says Richard T. De George, distinguished professor of philosophy and co-director of the International Center for ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Discovering Autism: An industry built on hope
In 1987, Ivar Lovaas, a charismatic UCLA psychology professor, published what remains the most famous study on the treatment of autism.
Dec 19, 2011 |
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When your criminal past isn't yours
(AP) -- A clerical error landed Kathleen Casey on the streets.
Dec 16, 2011 |
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