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As a lifelong Yankee fan, and even more as a lifelong fan of the game of baseball, the shocking revelation that now-former Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka recently announced, upset me; in fact, it should concern us all deeply. Various press reports have indicated that one of the pitcher’s considerations in deciding to return to play for his original team in Japan this season was the anti-Asian bias that his family had experienced in the United States over the past few months.
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by Todd DeFeo, The Center Square contributor | April 12, 2021 02:00 PM Print this article
Some New Jersey lawmakers want more information on roughly $21 million in settlements the state reached with current and former inmates at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women.
The lawmakers, in part, want to know whether the settlements involving 20 lawsuits include nondisclosure agreements barring the women from speaking about their time at Edna Mahan.
The taxpayer-funded settlement comes as a bipartisan group wants the removal of New Jersey Department of Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks over allegations of abuse and mistreatment of inmates at the Union Township facility.
“The Administration’s need to pay $21 million to settle civil lawsuits stemming from sexual assaults, beatings, brutality and misconduct by corrections officers at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women from 2014 to the present is just further evidence of a
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North Bergen company to pay ex-employee $25k as part of pregnancy discrimination settlement
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By John Heinis/Hudson County View
The settlement involves a former packager for the North Bergen order-fulfillment company Bergen Logistics, who alleges that the company denied her request for pregnancy-related accommodations, including as-needed bathroom breaks and a 20-pound limit on any items she would be assigned to lift.
After she filed a complaint, the New Jersey Division of Civil Rights investigation found that Bergen Logistics made no effort to accommodate her pregnancy but instead required her to take unpaid family leave.
“Our laws prohibit pregnancy-related discrimination in employment to protect workplace equality and to ensure that workers aren’t penalized for having children,” New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said in a statement.