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Bye, Bye, Birdie: State Authorities Accuse NJ Golf Club Of Male-Dominated Discrimination Bye, Bye, Birdie: State Authorities Accuse NJ Golf Club Of Male-Dominated Discrimination
Bye, Bye, Birdie: State Authorities Accuse NJ Golf Club Of Male-Dominated Discrimination A male-dominated South Jersey golf club kept women from becoming members, prevented them from owning homes on its property and handicapped those employed there, state authorities charged. As of last July, only three of the Pine Valley Golf Club’s 700 members were women, Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said in announcing a state Division of Civil Rights complaint against the historically male-dominated club in Camden County on Wednesday, April 27. It took a DCR investigation to get the club to relax restrictions on women to golf and access its facilities, Platkin said. Pine Valle…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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National Eyeglass, Contacts Retailer Accused Of Discriminating Against Pregnant NJ Employee National Eyeglass, Contacts Retailer Accused Of Discriminating Against Pregnant NJ Employee
National Eyeglass, Contacts Retailer Accused Of Discriminating Against Pregnant NJ Employee A discount vision retailer with stores throughout New Jersey discriminated against a now-former employee by switching her to part time and not providing a suitable place to pump breast milk after she had a baby, a state civil rights complaint alleges. Jalaia Hill says in a state civil rights complaint that her health coverage was eliminated by the sudden position switch from full to part time when she returned from maternity leave to the America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses store in Burlington. America’s Best also “failed to reasonably accommodate her request for a place to express brea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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LAWSUIT: Former Sussex Home Depot Employee Says He Was Fired After Heart Attack LAWSUIT: Former Sussex Home Depot Employee Says He Was Fired After Heart Attack
Lawsuit: Former Sussex Home Depot Employee Says He Was Fired After Heart Attack A man who worked at a Sussex County Home Depot for more than two decades has filed a lawsuit against his former employer saying that the home improvement chain fired him after he suffered from a heart attack and had to return to work on light duty, reports say. Anthony Lepore, 57, had worked for the company since 1997 but was fired from the Newton location last September, three months after suffering a heart attack that kept him out of work for one week following a subsequent surgery, NJ.com reports. The suit --  filed in Hudson County Superior Court on Feb. 13 -- alleges that Hom…

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by Valerie Musson
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Help Wanted Sign Seeking 'Males Only' Stirs Controversy In Bloomfield Help Wanted Sign Seeking 'Males Only' Stirs Controversy In Bloomfield
Help Wanted Sign Seeking 'Males Only' Stirs Controversy In Bloomfield Dozens weighed in after seeing a photo online of a help wanted sign posted on the front door of a Bloomfield sandwich shop inviting "males only" to apply.  "All jobs should be open to all that can perform the work safely. Not by race gender religion or sex," wrote one man of the sign, which appeared on the front door of NY Gyro King on Bloomfield Avenue.  Others spoke in a similar vein, while some commenters, assuming the employers' restriction was religious in nature, defended them.  "The workers are Muslim, you are not allowed to mix males with females unless they are fami…

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by Paul Milo