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Can Japan get more female business leaders?
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US probes Nike over white worker discrimination claims
Posted onThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which enforces workplace discrimination laws, announced on Wednesday it has demanded company records going back to 2018, including the use of race and ethnicity data, and whether such information influenced executive pay.
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Driving test rules to change in bid to stop bots booking slots
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GWR fined £1m over train passenger’s death in Bath
Posted onTess de la MareWest of England PA Media Bethan Roper was killed by a tree branch in 2018 A major rail operator has been fined £1m for breaching health and safety law when a young woman suffered a fatal head injury after placing her head outside a droplight window. Bethan Roper, 28, was killed on…
