All posts tagged "racism"

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  US federal judge allows overtime pay case to proceed; Canada’s Indigenous training attendance sinks: management & workforce news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. US judge challenges regulation by letting federal employee overtime case proceed A US federal

  • Posted October 6, 2022
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  Black public servants in Canada having to ‘recount trauma’ in US$1.97bn racism lawsuit, says organiser

  One of the organisers behind a legal case alleging black public servants suffered racism over a period of five decades has accused the Government of Canada of delaying the case

  • Posted September 29, 2022
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  ‘Much more needed’ to combat racism and improve diversity in Canadian public service, says chief

  The Canadian public service has reiterated its commitment to confronting racism and becoming more equitable, diverse, inclusive and accessible in its annual report to prime minister, Justin Trudeau. Making the

  • Posted August 23, 2022
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  Institutional racism: a global government problem?

  In recent years and decades, a number of civil services have been accused of institutional racism. Some countries have since taken steps to ensure the government workforce is ethnically diverse

  • Posted November 28, 2021
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  New Canadian government faces US$1.97bn class action lawsuit

  After the polls close in the Canadian federal election scheduled for 20 September, the newly-formed government will have to decide its next steps on a C$2.5bn (US$1.97bn) class action lawsuit

  • Posted September 19, 2021
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  The growing friction between bilingualism and other forms of inclusion in Canada

  A letter from Ottawa: The state’s commitment to the French and English languages is rubbing against hopes for greater inclusion, writes Michael Wernick, former clerk of the Privy Council. But

  • Posted April 16, 2021
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  Trump clamps down on diversity training

  President Trump has issued an executive order banning government contractors from providing employees with certain forms of diversity training. The order forbids what it calls “divisive concepts”, such as training

  • Posted October 5, 2020
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