Workplace Buzz: Today's Headlines

In Litigation
Last week the commission announced it was suing Bloomberg L.P. for demoting or reducing the pay of female employees who became pregnant or took maternity leave between February 2002 (by then Mr. Bloomberg had left for City Hall) and the present. Mr. Lewis would not comment on specifics, but the commission report accuses the firm of a pattern of demotions and a management attitude displaying a reckless indifference to antidiscrimination laws. New York Times

HIV and the Workplace
New research shows people who are HIV-positive may have a hard time on the job.
According to a new study out of France conducted among 478 people with HIV, about one-third had lost their jobs since getting the diagnosis. About one-third cited health reasons for the job loss and about one-fifth reported they were fired. Twenty people in the study reported outright discrimination due to their HIV status.Work-related problems hit women and those with lower levels of education the hardest. Ivanhoe Newswire

Promising Results
Efforts on Wall Street to re-engage women who are trying to return to the work force, many of whom left for family obligations, have started to yield results. During the last few years, some of the nation’s premier business schools began to address that demographic group with executive M.B.A. programs. Of those, perhaps the most encompassing is the annual program started last fall by the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, with a curriculum that combined academics and career opportunities. New York Times