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‘Criminal record? Don’t apply for this job’

by Dennis Beaver | discrimination, employment, prison

March 7, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver Care to guess the population of Houston, Texas? Here’s a hint: The same number of people are in U.S. prisons, about 2.2 million, and that is a world record. That’s right, our country has more people in prison than any other, according...

Appearance matters in hiring process

by Dennis Beaver | discrimination, employment

April 25, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver Karen, a Hanford reader, phoned our office in tears, explaining that she had just finished an interview for a receptionist position and the owner “told me that I am horribly fat, have no idea what clothing is proper for an interview,...

Did ‘It Can’t Happen Here’ almost occur?

by Dennis Beaver | author, discrimination, politics

March 19, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver  Following the end of World War II and the collapse of Hitler’s Germany, Americans were convinced that our way of life — our democracy — would make it impossible for what happened there to ever occur here.   But take a...

Do You Think You Have a Great Wrongful Termination Lawsuit?

by Dennis Beaver | discrimination, employment, lawsuit, scam

September 3, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story will be of special interest to anyone who has been fired and encouraged to sue for wrongful termination. “In our sue-happy society, where the boss is always wrong and employees think they have a right to a job — which...

Does Nationwide Insurance discriminate against the overweight?

by Dennis Beaver | auto insurance, discrimination

March 10, 2006 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Does Nationwide Insurance Company have a policy of discriminating against people who are overweight? Do they care about fairly and honestly settling auto accident cases? It seems a very strange turn-around for...

Don’t ignore the fastest growing market in the world

by Dennis Beaver | advertising, career, consumer, discrimination, employment

September 16, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver “There is a huge market – millions of people – that could be a missed opportunity for American business,” says author Susan Golden, who teaches at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and is considered one of the...
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