Lilly Ledbetter was a supervisor at Goodyear Tire and Rubber’s plan in Alabama from 1979 until her retirement in 1998. She was an area manager and initially her starting salary was similar to her male counterparts, however as time went the pay discrepancy between Lilly and 15 male managers was obvious. Lilly Ledbetter was paid $3,727 a month were the lowest paid male area manager was earning $4,286 per month and the highest male was paid $5,236 a difference of approximately $1,500. Lilly’s initiated
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Lilly Ledbetter was a long-time manager of a Goodyear Tire Company in Gadsden, Alabama from 1979 till 1998. Around the time she was going to retire she discovered that she was making much less than her male counterparts, almost 40% less over her 20 years there. She sued Goodyear and won being rewarded $3,514,417 from the jury, but due to laws restricting how much money a jury could reward, the judge reduced the winnings to $360,000. Goodyear appealed the case and brought it to the 11th Circuit of
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1. List the issues involved in the Lilly Ledbetter case. Pay discrimination. Equal pay for equal work. Lilly’s employer short changed her pay, her overtime and her retirement, She was getting 40% less than male co- workers. 2. What laws were responsive (prior law) to the issues involved in the Lilly Ledbetter case? In 1963, John F. Kennedy signed into law pay equity, equal pay for equal work for women and minorities and previous law of Title VII in 1964. 3. How was the Lilly Ledbetter
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The merger between the SIRIUS Canada Inc and the Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc University’s Name Submitted by Names: Tutor: Date of submission Sirius XM Radio Canada The merger between the SIRIUS Canada Inc and the Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc which is the parent company the XM is more than just a telecommunication merger. The major step of it being approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is a more than rewarding endeavor. This
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XM Satellite Radio is one of two that have won the licenses bids to join the duopoly with SIRIUS. SIRIUS currently has a head start in funding, strategy announcement, and product launch. XM needs to define their market segment, product and services offering, and pricing strategy. SIRIUS has revealed their marketing targets and we can use this to our advantage by targeting different segments. Tech-Seekers and Tech-Friendly markets would be ideal for XM. SIRIUS already announced that rural areas
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441 2006 BCPC 67 Nanaimo Registry No. 57412-1 British Columbia Provincial Court (Criminal Division) Nanaimo, British Columbia Saunders Prov. Ct. J. Heard: November 1, 14 and 28, 2005. Judgment: January 20, 2006. Constitutional law — Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms — Fundamental freedoms — Freedom of expression — Reasonable limits — Oakes test — Motion to declare that a bylaw of the City of Nanaimo restricting large portable advertising boards to new businesses violated the Charter
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Defining the Task: The APPLE analysis is an analytical tool used to breakdown a company’s areas of operation, profile of present strategic posture, performance summary, leadership and governance approaches and any essential challenges that the company may encounter. Complexities into the following categories can be referenced in the Appendix A. JetBlue Airways Corporation, which may also be referred to as JetBlue or JBLU by its ticker name. JetBlue is a passenger airline that provides customers
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Indian School Days Book Review Justin Delorme Introduction The book, “Indian School Days” is an autobiography of the author Basil Johnston, an Ojibwe native from Wasauksing First Nation, in Ontario. This piece by Author, “Basil Johnston”, gives the reader more and more evidence of the structural lifestyle of the Spanish Indian residential school. From the very beginning his writing style links the reader to never put down the book, it is full of action and true events that took place during
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Strategy - Industry Bambie Hayes Shorter University Sirius XM Canada is a satellite media company and is one of the largest subscription based companies in Canada. Sirius XM Canada has 2.5 million subscribers and a 14 percent market share in the Canadian radio industry. Sirius XM Canada offers 120-130 channels that include sports, children, news, and talk programming (Sirius XM, 2015). Sirius XM Canada’s revenues were CAD 79 million for the first quarter 2015 (Q1 2015 Sirius XM, 2015). The Federal
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Title of the Case: Satellite Radio (B) Time Context or Period: 2005-2008 Summary of the Case: Late 2005 proved to be the high point of expectations for satellite radio due to the unexpected increase of subscriptions for Sirius and XM Radio that even surpassed forecasts made a year earlier. As 2006 progressed, the growth rate started to decelerate and both companies have continued to lose money. Competition in the market became stiffer because of the rapid growth of technology which led to
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