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Religious Diversity: Can We Talk?

By Stephen V. Sundborg
Special to The Times
Across America today, more and more people are learning how to talk with one another about diversity. Much of the conversation centers on gender, age and culture, as there is a recognition that it is critical for us to examine our assumptions about people who are different from us […]

Sexual Orientation and Religion/Belief Discrimination: Three Years On

This week’s briefing looks at the TUC report into the regulations prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of religion or religious belief or sexual orientation on the back of the recent (16 July) High Court decision that a schoolgirl was not entitled on religious grounds to wear her chastity ring to school.
The issue of discrimination is […]

Religion Is New Diversity Push in the Workplace

Employers, take this quiz: Did you know that Hindu, Sikh and Jain workers may want a three-day weekend this November to celebrate Diwali? Or that one co-worker urging another to accept Christ as a personal savior is a legally protected act?
When it comes to recognizing diversity in the workplace, first there was race, then gender […]

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