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If you want to get a job at Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania, you’ll have to submit to a test for nicotine use. If you test positive, you don’t get the job. “This is just the next step in creating a tobacco-free environment and it’s just an effort to focus on the well-being of our employees,” said Geisinger spokeswoman Marcy …

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It’s completely legal to fire someone for being gay in Utah. Most folks don’t know that. Among the findings was that 73 percent of respondents somewhat or strongly favor a statewide nondiscrimination law that would make it illegal for someone to be fired from a job solely because they are gay or transgender. The same 73 percent also somewhat or …

Exxon Mobile has received the first-ever negative score on the HRC’s annual Corporate Equality Index. Dallas Voice reports: Exxon Mobil failed to meet any of the criteria for the 2012 Index, and had points deducted for engaging in activities that undermine LGBT equality. As a result, the company received a score of minus-25 from HRC. Before Exxon and Mobil merged …

The dirty socialists running San Francisco will drive small businesses out of town by demanding that workers be paid a decent wage. So says the local chamber of commerce. $10.24 an hour come January.

The douchebag who posted the above sign is complaining that people are complaining about his sign. And quelle surprise, he’s one of the Hillbuzz/Larry Sinclair conspiracists too. Also (and for the perfect Tea Party hat trick) he’s a racist. (Via – Think Progress)

So who’s cutting out early today?

More good news in the world of sports. Major League Baseball, which saw Jackie Robinson break the color barrier in 1947, today will announce incremental progress in another civil rights issue. The new Collective Bargaining Agreement adds “sexual orientation” to its section on discrimination, a person with direct knowledge of the agreement told the Daily News. Article XV, Section A …

Last night the Massachusetts House voted 95-58 to protect transgender residents from employment discrimination. As you’ll see below, it’s not a total win, but it’s something. The vote followed an hour-long debate. Lawmakers had earlier agreed to cut off the debate at 8:50 p.m., meaning many proposed amendments could not be considered. The bill was criticized by House Republicans as …

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Think Progress points to this study which reports that only 52% of LGBT people are out at work, which is not surprising considering that one can be fired for being gay in 29 states. Today the survey’s author appeared on MSNBC to discuss the results.

The Supreme Court today refused to hear the appeal of a lower court’s ruling that faith-based humanitarian organizations may legally refuse to hire those outside of their religion. The suit had been brought on behalf of several former employees of the massive Virgina-based evangelical group World Vision. In August, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that World Vision could …

The Human Rights Campaign offers muffled applause. “What matters in the workplace is how you do your job, not your gender identity or sexual orientation,” said HRC President Joe Solmonese. “As the nation’s largest private employer, Wal-Mart shows that doing the right thing is also good for business. We urge them to continue to move forward by ensuring all of …

Yesterday Mayor Michael Bloomberg predicted that riots like those recently seen in Europe could sweep New York City if the economic climate doesn’t improve. As it emerged the number of people applying for unemployment benefits in the U.S. jumped last week to the highest level in three months, the Mayor spoke out, insisting that if nothing is done Americans will …

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Saying that the minimum wage kills jobs, yesterday New Hampshire’s Tea Party-dominated legislature abolished the state’s rules on the issue. As is so often the case, however, it was a meaningless move. The change takes effect Sunday, but it will have no consequence for employers or employees because New Hampshire’s minimum wage was the same as the federal wage, which …