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Employment Discrimination

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Police Officer Corrie Long: Her Nude Pictures Lead To EEOC Complaint

    Photo via KTRK​As shocking as it might be to believe, a woman sending nude pictures of herself to a boyfriend led to some complications. For the Galena Park police force, it's led to an embarrassing discrimination suit, somehow. GPPD office Corrie Long was going out with fellow cop Terry Pen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Texas Roadhouse Discriminates Against Old People, Feds Say

    There's not a lot that's authentically Texas about the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain -- it's based in Massachusetts, after all -- but there are 52 locations here in the state, including a handful in the Houston area. We think we've eaten there once, but have forgotten, which says about as much a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Jane Draycott: EEOC Sides With Female Firefighter on Harassment Charges

    Jane Draycott: EEOC sides with her against HFD​As first reported by Fox 26, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has found that one of the female firefighters involved in a headline-grabbing case was the victim of harassment. We've got a copy of the document (you can see it bel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Mary Bassi: NOT Too Old to Work in Strip Clubs!!

    Mary Bassi strikes a blow for older women (who like strip clubs)​Women in your 50s, rejoice. Your God-given right to work in titty bars has been upheld by the federal courts. Well, maybe it wasn't as explicitly stated as that, but the Houston office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commiss ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Aquatico: Feds Make An Example Of Sugar Land Company For NOT Hiring An Immigrant

    Hire those immigrants, dammit!​When the Department of Justice puts out a press release about a local employer getting penalized over immigration issues, it's usually because the company has been hiring illegal aliens.Not so with Sugar Land's Aquatico Pool Managment: The DOJ announced today they ha ... More >>

  • News

    May 14, 2009

    Mature Strippers and Lottery Money:

    Not coming to anywhere near you

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    Your Federal Government: Protecting The Rights Of Old People To Work In Strip Clubs

    Now this is the kind of federal government you're getting now that Obama's in office -- the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing a Houston strip club for firing a worker because she was too old.Finally, we have a gover -- what the hell? We're gonna get old strippers now? Bring back McCai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2008

    Uh-Oh, O'Reilly: Racial Discrimination?

    Now this is the kind of federal government you're getting now that Obama's in office -- the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing a Houston strip club for firing a worker because she was too old.Finally, we have a gover -- what the hell? We're gonna get old strippers now? Bring back McCai ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 7, 2008

    Racism at Work and Tijuana Bibles

    Now this is the kind of federal government you're getting now that Obama's in office -- the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing a Houston strip club for firing a worker because she was too old.Finally, we have a gover -- what the hell? We're gonna get old strippers now? Bring back McCai ... More >>

  • News

    January 8, 2004

    Hard Sale

    A flood of lawsuits has turned Dillard's into a master of defense

  • News

    February 22, 2001

    Dodging Bullets

    With a battle looming, gays and their supporters seek high ground

  • News

    August 26, 1999

    Affirmative Action for Whom?

    UH's score on the EEOC raises credibility questions

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    The Insider

    Where Have All the Women Gone? Discrimination charges spotlight UH's lack of female leadership

  • News

    July 1, 1999

    Circle Those Wagons!

    When the UH leader fired back atsex-bias accusers, did he shoot himself in the foot?

  • News

    March 18, 1999

    Fire Alarm

    A gay employee says the abuse ended only with his ouster

  • News

    January 28, 1999

    On Back Order

    A year into Lee Brown's administration, the big fixes that Public Works needs to make still haven't come through

  • News

    April 30, 1998

    The Mean Spirit of Texas?

    Two veteran TV news reporters accuse Channel 11 of age discrimination

  • News

    January 9, 1997

    The Insider

    Two veteran TV news reporters accuse Channel 11 of age discrimination

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