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| Federal Judge Nixes EEOC Breast Milk Pumping Case, Finds No COA re ‘Lactation Discrmination’ | A federal judge in Texas says a mother was not protected by law from losing her job even if it's true she was fired for asking to pump breast milk at work for her baby. "Lactation is not pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition," and hence there is no cause of action for "lactation discrimination" under federal civil rights law protecting pregnant women, said U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes in a written opinion (PDF) last week in the Houston case, to which KTRK provides a link. "Discrimination because of pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition is illegal. Related… |
| Could Deaths of Two Boys in Supervised-Visitation House Fire Have Been Prevented? | In the aftermath of a terrible tragedy, observers are wondering what, if anything, could have been done to prevent two boys, ages 5 and 7, from dying along with their father after his Washington state home erupted in flames during a supervised visit on Sunday. Little, it seems, likely could have circumvented the deaths after Josh Powell shut the door on the caseworker assigned to come inside and supervise the visit, Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesman Sgt. Ed Troyer told the Seattle Times. However, Troyer said the sheriff's department it is unhappy about the approximately seven minutes a dispatcher spent… |
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| | Canada security service authorized to use information obtained through torture | [JURIST] The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) [official website] is authorized to use and pass on information obtained through torture when Canadian lives are at stake, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews [official website] said Tuesday. The statements come in response to a controversial 2010 directive authorizing the use of such information that was obtained earlier this week [Reuters report] by a Canadian news agency through freedom of information laws. The directive allows the CSIS to use information which may have... |
| UN rights chief calls for protection of Syria civilians | [JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official website] on Wednesday urged the international community [press release] to take action to protect Syrian civilians. Pillay argued that the failure of the UN Security Council [official website] to agree on collective action against Syria has encouraged the Syrian government to attack and kill civilians in order to quash dissent. Pillay declared that the Syrian government's violence against its own people constitutes a "serious international crime" and called on world... |
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