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Tag Archives: Discrimination
Register for Policy is Not Enough: Preventing Discrimination Law Suits in Your Fire Department Webinar Part II
01-28-13 -- Check It Out…Participate…Apply What You Learn… Policy is Not Enough: Preventing Discrimination Law Suits in Your Fire Department Webinar Part II Wednesday, February 13, 2013, 10am – 11:15am PST Cost: FREE Join us for Part 2 of … Read More >
Posted by: Fire 20/20 Tags: Discrimination, ONLINE Training Series, Recruiting and Retaining Diversity ONLINE Categories: FIRE 20/20, Media, Webinar
Register for the Preventing Discrimination Law Suits Webinar
01-04-13 -- Check It Out…Participate…Apply What You Learn… Preventing Discrimination Law Suits in Your Fire Department Webinar Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 10am – 11:15am PST Cost: FREE Get advice on how to prevent Discrimination Law Suits in your fire … Read More >
Posted by: Fire 20/20 Tags: Discrimination, ONLINE Training Series, Recruiting and Retaining Diversity ONLINE Categories: FIRE 20/20
5 Common Myths About Hiring People With Disabilities
07-15-11 -- A qualified individual with a disability is an employee or job applicant who meets legitimate skill, experience, education, or other requirements of a position that he or she holds or seeks. The person must also be able to perform the “essential” … Read More >
Posted by: natasha Tags: Deafness, Disability, Discrimination, Diversity, Hard of Hearing, inclusion, Leadership, Myths, recruitment Categories: Article
Compromise lets FDNY hire 300 probationary firefighters from ‘discriminatory’ exam
09-14-10 -- BY John Marzulli, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER, Tuesday, September 14th 2010 A judge who ruled the FDNY’s written exam blocks out minorities will let 300 probies be hired from a tainted test under a deal he admits sounds like racial quotas. Judge Nicholas Garaufis on … Read More >
Posted by: Larry Sagen Tags: Discrimination, Diversity, New York, Racism, Testing Categories: Article
