Hooters restaurants' "image policy" is discriminatory against black waitresses, an arbitrator has ruled in awarding $250,000 to a black former server at Harborplace who alleged she was fired for having blond highlights in her hair.

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The city's spending panel is scheduled to approve almost $175,000 in legal settlements Wednesday, including two cases involving discrimination by city agencies.

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Upper Marlboro solo practitioner files formal complaint with Prince George's County after 'extremely painful' incident.

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A black former firefighter with the Grasonville Volunteer Fire Department can seek damages for discrimination even though he was not an employee, a federal judge has ruled.

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A transgender former U.S. Capitol Police officer was not hired to serve on Howard County's horse-mounted patrol she was "overqualified" and not because of her gender, lawyers for the county argued Wednesday.

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An Upper Marlboro woman has filed a discrimination lawsuit against Safeway after she was not hired for a job as a cashier, allegedly because she is a mother.

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The Supreme Court is weighing how much employers must do to accommodate pregnant workers under a federal law aimed at combating discrimination against pregnant women.

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Sometimes, the pastor wonders if he should have raised Hell.

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More than 570 current and former Social Security Administration employees with disabilities would receive a total of $6.6 million under an agreement a federal administrative law judge has preliminarily approved in Baltimore.

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The headlines come as no surprise. Men make more than women for doing the same job, and it’s been ongoing for eons because yes, gender bias does exist in many workplaces.

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