Old-school news, just in time
by Kevin Burton If you’re looking for something to drink, or somewhere to work, choose Coke, not Pepsi. According to multiple published reports, PepsiCo hired a blind man for a call center, then fired him rather than get him a screen reader – even after a state vocational rehabilitation counselor offered to buy …
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by Kevin Burton UPS will pay $150,000 to settle yet another employment discrimination case, according to published reports. But this story has a twist I haven’t seen before. The man illegally fired in violation of the federal Americans With Disabilities Act by the Atlanta-based package delivery company will be, or maybe has been, …
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The company that brought you “no more tears” shampoo will split into two, according to CBS News. By the fall of 2023, Johnson & Johnson will divide itself, leaving one company that sells medical devices and prescription drugs and another that sells the brands you’re familiar with, including Neutrogena, Aveeno, Tylenol, Listerine, Johnson’s, …
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