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More racial discrimination at Kaiser Permanente?

February 21st, 2006 at 9:14 pm » Comments (6)

From a former Kaiser IT employee:
I was employed by Kaiser Permanente in Walnut Creek California in the Information Technology Department.
During my employment there I developed a comfortable working relationship with a Kaiser programmer. She confessed that Kaiser had an official senior management policy against the hiring of any Hispanics in the Information Technology department.
Intrigued, I [...]



Is Racism ‘Business as Usual’ at Kaiser NW?

February 15th, 2006 at 9:16 am » Comments (2)

[editor: The following email from a former Kaiser Permanente Northwest employee who suffered racial discrimination in her position at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Oregon, was received by us quite some time ago, but somehow got lost in our inbox. Our apologies to Ms. Bell. In other news, the [...]



Kaiser Permanente deceived parents about placenta registry

February 13th, 2006 at 12:48 pm » Comments (1)

From the AP, via the Insurance Journal:
Up to 700 Women in West Not Told about Placenta Registry
As many as 700 women along the West Coast were not told that an institute financed by the insurance industry kept their placentas after giving birth in order to protect doctors and hospitals from potential lawsuits, according to a [...]



Attorney seeks former Kaiser employees for investigation

February 2nd, 2006 at 9:24 pm » Comments (6)

California attorney, Marc Primo of Initiative Legal, is seeking hourly Kaiser employees to assist with his investigation into illegal Kaiser wage practices. Marc’s announcement and contact info is below:
My name is Marc Primo and I am an attorney. My law firm is currently investigating various violations of California’s labor laws by Kaiser. [...]