Tag Archives: employment

In what is sure to become the newest talking point for the American right, churches in the UK are being told that under the new Equality Bill, they cannot refuse to hire homosexual employees. Church leaders had hoped to be able to push for exemptions from the new laws but deputy equalities minister Maria Eagle has said the laws will …

Barack Obama signed his first bill today. The act extends the statute of limitations for workers that want to sue their employers for unequal pay. Mr. Obama was surrounded by a group of beaming lawmakers, most but not all of them Democrats, in the East Room of the White House as he affixed his signature to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair …

A Tennessee hotel worker was told to his face last week that he was fired for being gay. And knowing that the state has no employment discrimination law that protects LGBT people, his employer dared him to sue. David Hill is looking for a new job after he said he was fired Tuesday from a former Brentwood Holiday Inn, which …

Out To Work, the LGBT Career Fair, takes place today at the LGBT Community Center in the West Village. Exhibitors include the NYPD, the NYFD, UPS, Commerce Bank, five agencies of the MTA, ConEd, and many others. Admission is free with your resume.