Workplace accommodations for disability and religion, 2d ed.
9781933807232 Workplace accommodations for disability and religion, 2d ed. Fishman, Burton J. and Barbara S. Magill. Thompson Publishing Group, Inc. 2007 208 pages $129.00 Paperback KF3469 This guide explains what employers...

McCain and Obama appear at forum at Rick Warren's evangelical mega-church.
Presidential hopefuls John McCain and Barack Obama appeared at a forum on faith and values at a California mega-church Aug. 16. The event, held by Pastor Rick Warren's Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, attracted a good deal of attention because it is the only time the two...

Celebrating Xmas could be tricky, finds UK, Inc.
Byline: Sudeshna Sen LONDON: This one takes the Christmas cake on anti-discrimination in the workplace. Santa's got such a serious attack of political correctness, the office Christmas party is on the endangered list. For all those of you worrying about OBC quotas in the workplace , employers...

The facts about the "expelled" scientists in expelled.
The intelligent design (ID) movement has long labored to inculcate two mutually exclusive falsehoods in the minds of the public: (A) that ID is a purely scientific theory that has nothing to do with religion; and (B) that any objection to ID is evidence of bias and discrimination against...

Hiring good employees requires good interviewing skills.
Byline: The Register-Guard Question: My business has grown to the point where I'd like to hire a couple of employees. How do I find the best people? What should I be asking them? How do I know they'll tell me the truth? Answer: Hiring the...

Carl Stern, legal director of the American Jewish Congress, says the train wreck is inevitable.
Carl Stern, legal director of the American Jewish Congress, says the train wreck is inevitable. The collision is between the free exercise of religion and what the gay-rights movement calls nondiscrimination. In Massachusetts, Catholic Charities recently went out of the adoption business altogether rather than cave to state demands...

Protections do not extend to bolo-wearing workers.
Byline: On the Job by Bureau of Labor & Industries For The Register-Guard Q: Our company dress code requires that all salesmen wear a tie. We now have an issue with a particular salesman who has started wearing bolo ties to work. Our written policy doesn't specify...

Progressing toward inclusion? Exploring the state of religious diversity.
Although the social work profession has a proud tradition of celebrating diversity and inclusion, these topics remain contentious professional issues. Religious discrimination in social work has been an issue of controversy for at least a decade, as evidenced by an exchange between Amato-von Hemert (1994) and Clark (1994). In...

MAS Freedom Sends Ten Point Legislative Agenda to Capitol Hill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to the new balance of power in the 110th Congress and the new legislative agenda put forward by the Democratic Party, the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation forwarded its MAS Freedom Ten Point Legislative Agenda to the 110th Congress. The...

A win for women.
Byline: The Register-Guard Hats off to the Oregon House for an important contribution to women's health with passage of a bill that mandates health insurance coverage of birth control prescriptions. The 49-9 vote recently ended a 14-year legislative struggle to require all insurance plans with...