Workplace Buzz: Today's Headlines

Workplace Buzz on October 15, 2007 7:09 AM

Book Causes Lawsuit
It may be the 21st century, but one state agency's workplace rules for women may seem a bit dated. Some are calling them sexist and a throwback to the 1950s. The hit show "Leave It To Beaver" invokes a time when women weren't often in the workplace. The problem is the State Department of Corrections handbook for female officers has rules that seem to go back to the same decade. WCBSTV.com

Questions from Anita Hill
Back then, she was either a charlatan or a heroine, depending which side you took in the epic, gut-wrenching showdown that was the Clarence Thomas confirmation battle. Sixteen years later, Anita Hill can be found on a tranquil New England college campus, sifting through thousands of documents to try to answer this question: Have things gotten any better in our nation's workplaces? Associated Press

Fired for Being Gay
Heather C. works for a major biochemical firm in Northern California. Thanks to state law, she can’t be fired for being gay – indeed, she’s the volunteer chair of her workplace’s diversity committee – yet she’s only selectively out at work. “It just doesn’t feel safe,” she said. “You don’t know who’s watching, judging you.” Heather’s partner, who works for the same company, is not out at all. 365Gay.com

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