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Ask a Lawyer: Age Discrimination Matter
I worked for a healthcare company 10 years; I won awards, high achievement and acknowledgements. Months ago, the CEO and the new RDO (regional dir. of operations also my direct supervisor ) pressured me to take on a new development through statements of support, increase of salary by 25k and promise of the next new property to be located close to my personal home. The new RDO, who is half my age, soon began making comments regarding my age in front of my staff i.

Ask a Lawyer: Possible Overtime Violations
I work in a Doctors office; we are all on salary. Does this mean we get paid the same money whether we work or not? Does she owe us extra if we work overtime daily? Can she cut our pay if we take off for a doctor visit of our own? We have no sick time and only 1 week vacation per year. Legally speaking, how does being on salary differ from being paid hourly?

Telecommuters: Invisible workers?
During the six months that Allison Brinkman worked at home as a public relations manager, she savored the advantages. "I didn't have to dress up, fight traffic, or worry about paying for doggie day care," she says. But she found disadvantages, too. "I missed the social aspect of being part of a team and developing a rapport with colleagues," says Ms. Brinkman, who works with Eisen Management Group in Cincinnati.

Path to retirement has pitfalls for women; Lower salaries and longer lives make saving all the more crucial
The economic slowdown has made it harder for many people to keep up their pace of saving for retirement. But women, especially, can find it difficult in tough times to invest enough to ensure a secure retirement. After all, even under ideal circumstances, women face steeper obstacles than men in building a proper retirement nest egg. They live longer, for example, so they must pay for longer retirements. Their job histories are typically shorter, too, which translates into smaller 401(k) accounts. And, compared with men, studies show that on average, women have lower savings rates and are more likely to invest too conservatively, putting themselves at risk of outliving their money. What's more, as home values have dropped and lending standards have tightened, it's become harder to obtain home-equity loans or other products, such as reverse mortgages, that can help ease the financial weight of retirement. It's true that women have narrowed the gap in education and pay levels. Yet they're far more likely than men to interrupt their careers to care for children or parents and to retire earlier than men.

Razzoo's settles sex discrimination lawsuit with male bartenders
May 9--Razzoo's Cajun Cafe will pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the restaurant chain routinely declined to hire or promote men who wanted to be bartenders.

BRIEF: Sacramento skycaps join in suit over wages
May 8--US Airways skycaps at Sacramento International Airport are part of a class-action lawsuit that alleges the airline, based in Tempe, Ariz., and its contractor have violated federal minimum wage law.
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