My wife Beena alias Veena undertook Char Dham (Uttrakhand), India, successfully w.e.f. 7th June 2011 to 21st June 2011, along with her elder sister Mrs Uma Rani Sharma , her sister in law Mrs Madhu Sharma and Ms. Sujatha Raghuvanshi, Reader Department of Education University of Allahabad. It is one religious and pious fulfilment in life . As per her description, the Himalaya,scenic and Dev land (pradesh) Uttrakhand , shall always enlighten her , foreever.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Female Sales Representatives - Gender Bias at BAyer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals
A class action suit alleges that Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, discriminated ,against women employees, has been expanded.
A one year anniversary of winning a $250 million verdict for female sales representatives at Novartis Pharmaceuticals, law firm of Sanford Wittels & Heisler (SWH) has recently filed a almost identical class action, on behalf of, female sales representatives at Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals.
According to SWH, the Amended Complaint adds two new Class Representatives — a sales representative and an employee at Consumer Care — to join the six Class Representatives who filed the original complaint in March of this year on behalf of themselves and a class of female managers in the United States under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and New Jersey law on March 21, 2011 and the Amended Complaint expands, the class to include all women sales representatives at Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and now all women at Bayer HealthCare Consumer Care, a division of Bayer HealthCare which was not named in the original complaint.
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and Bayer HealthCare Consumer Care are subsidiaries of Bayer Corporation, the American arm of Bayer AG, a multinational entity based in Germany.
Amended Complaint
According to the amended complaint, there is an entirely new class of plaintiffs and an additional Bayer HealthCare Division now added to the case. In addition, the complaint details even more outrageous behaviours from senior Bayer individuals. According to an official release from the law firm, this includes a Senior Counsel for the Company harassing women at Bayer HealthCare Corporate Care by making comments such as “I really like how you look on all fours”, and telling another woman he wished he could watch an entire donut “slide down her throat”.
It is also being highlighted that how a female pharmaceutical sales representative is facing the issue of lack of advancement opportunities.
According to SWH, the female pharmaceutical sales representatives at Bayer newly added to the class have been paid and promoted less than their male counterparts.
Citing an example, SWH mentioned the case of Class Representative Natalie Celske, who has been described as a high-performing sales representative. She has been with Bayer for 13 years and has repeatedly won national awards for her performance. However, Ms. Celske has watched less-qualified male counterparts pass her by as they were promoted up the ladder.
Katherine Kimpel, lead counsel for the plaintiffs and the class and partner at SWH, said, “Bayer’s failure to recognise, promote, and otherwise treat Ms. Celske fairly is illegal. It is also unwise; even by Bayer’s own metrics, Ms. Celske is an exemplary performer. What happened to Ms. Celske is representative of a deeper company-wide problem of gender discrimination in the sales force and SWH also mentioned that the case has also grown to include evidence of sexual harassment ignored and tacitly condoned by Bayer whereas in the Novartis trial, the jury heard compelling testimony from women who had been harassed by doctors to whom they marketed drugs. Here, the harassers are actually on Bayer payroll it added.
A one year anniversary of winning a $250 million verdict for female sales representatives at Novartis Pharmaceuticals, law firm of Sanford Wittels & Heisler (SWH) has recently filed a almost identical class action, on behalf of, female sales representatives at Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals.
According to SWH, the Amended Complaint adds two new Class Representatives — a sales representative and an employee at Consumer Care — to join the six Class Representatives who filed the original complaint in March of this year on behalf of themselves and a class of female managers in the United States under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and New Jersey law on March 21, 2011 and the Amended Complaint expands, the class to include all women sales representatives at Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and now all women at Bayer HealthCare Consumer Care, a division of Bayer HealthCare which was not named in the original complaint.
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and Bayer HealthCare Consumer Care are subsidiaries of Bayer Corporation, the American arm of Bayer AG, a multinational entity based in Germany.
Amended Complaint
According to the amended complaint, there is an entirely new class of plaintiffs and an additional Bayer HealthCare Division now added to the case. In addition, the complaint details even more outrageous behaviours from senior Bayer individuals. According to an official release from the law firm, this includes a Senior Counsel for the Company harassing women at Bayer HealthCare Corporate Care by making comments such as “I really like how you look on all fours”, and telling another woman he wished he could watch an entire donut “slide down her throat”.
It is also being highlighted that how a female pharmaceutical sales representative is facing the issue of lack of advancement opportunities.
According to SWH, the female pharmaceutical sales representatives at Bayer newly added to the class have been paid and promoted less than their male counterparts.
Citing an example, SWH mentioned the case of Class Representative Natalie Celske, who has been described as a high-performing sales representative. She has been with Bayer for 13 years and has repeatedly won national awards for her performance. However, Ms. Celske has watched less-qualified male counterparts pass her by as they were promoted up the ladder.
Katherine Kimpel, lead counsel for the plaintiffs and the class and partner at SWH, said, “Bayer’s failure to recognise, promote, and otherwise treat Ms. Celske fairly is illegal. It is also unwise; even by Bayer’s own metrics, Ms. Celske is an exemplary performer. What happened to Ms. Celske is representative of a deeper company-wide problem of gender discrimination in the sales force and SWH also mentioned that the case has also grown to include evidence of sexual harassment ignored and tacitly condoned by Bayer whereas in the Novartis trial, the jury heard compelling testimony from women who had been harassed by doctors to whom they marketed drugs. Here, the harassers are actually on Bayer payroll it added.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Saurav Ganguly
Saurav has made a great comeback in IPL playing for Pune Warriors scoring unbeaten 32 runs of 32 balls with 1 six and 3 fours.
A fighter to the core. Where is Shahrukh Khan ?
A fighter to the core. Where is Shahrukh Khan ?
State Assembly Election results 2011
Congratulations to Ms Mamta Banerjee (Tirumal Congress) West Bengal , for dethroning CPM which ruled West Bengal for 34 years. A remarkable achievement for Mamta Banerjee.
Congratulations to Jayalalitha for her spectacular show in Tamil Naidu .She will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Naidu at 12.30 P.M on 16.05.11. 2G scandal broke the backbone of DMK.
Congress has own Kerala and also registered third consecutive win in Assam.
Congratulations Ms.Sonia Gandhi and Man Mohan Singh PM
Congratulations to Jayalalitha for her spectacular show in Tamil Naidu .She will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Naidu at 12.30 P.M on 16.05.11. 2G scandal broke the backbone of DMK.
Congress has own Kerala and also registered third consecutive win in Assam.
Congratulations Ms.Sonia Gandhi and Man Mohan Singh PM
Homage : Mahendra Singh Tikait
India has lost a great KISAN Leader Mahendra Singh Tikait today i.e 15.05.2011 .He died due to cancer. I pay my respect to the departed soul.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Osma Bin Laden
Three women 12 children cows rabbits and chickens all hiden behind the high wall where Osama bin Laden carved out a family life, set to the gentle rhythm of changing seasonal crops outside his house gate at Abbottabad Pakistan
On Tuesday Pakistani soldier took Mobile phone video footage which offered a final glimpse into a rustic simple life.A dozen eggs sitting in the kitchen sink, a few dishes on the side large wooden cupboards bare and open.
Bin Laden's last home ransacked by US Navy SEAL commandos in an overnight raid last Sunday in the foothills of Pakistan's Himalayan mountains was not the luxury pile as US reports suggested. The three-storey building that became the fugitive terror chief's last refuge was built in 2005 a white-walled square-built block without balconies resembling a small clinic more than a country mansion. People lived alongside the Al-Qaeda chief in his rural dwelling, included three of his wives and a dozen of their children.
At least five of them were killed during the US assault: Osama Bin Laden whose body was taken by the Americans, one of his sons, his two bodyguards -- known as the "Kwaitis" - and a woman, according to security sources.The survivors -- three women and their children -- are in Pakistani army detention. During interrogation, the youngest of the wives Amal Ahmed Abdulfattah a 29-year-old Yemeni, told investigators that Osama Bin Laden had lived in the villa for five years.Tuesday's footage gives a flavour of the lives led there organised by the "Kuwaitis" two brothers called Arshad Khan and Tariq who circulated around Abbottabad frequently.
These men who used false names were Pakistani despite their changed name, according to Pakistani media. Their father, who hails from the Islamist stronghold of Waziristan in the country's northwest was a friend of Osama Bin Laden.
The house chosen for Osama Bin Laden had grey tile floor slabs with austere concrete walls and stairs with old television sets suggesting a life devoid of luxury.
The bedroom of the Saudi-born terror chief, who lived on the top two floors of the house with his family, was no less basic and outside, the Osama Bin Laden raised chickens and grew vegetables in the shadow of their towering walls and tall poplar trees cultivating a life of near self-sufficiency.There weretwo cows, dogs, and over a hundred chickens, that's a lot. We could hear the chickens from our house," said Mohammad Qasim who lived next door. a Young neighbour, the young Zarar, 14, claims he once entered the property briefly.
"I saw two women who spoke Arabic, and they gave me a gift -- two rabbits," he said.
Only one man was, from time to time, allowed in the gardens: Shamrez Mohammad, the farmer in charge of feeding the animals and helping to grow the potatoes, cauliflower and other vegetables on the fertile land.
The army seized the house on Tuesday and has now emptied it and soldiers were likely to take the animals left behind to divide between themselves, said a neighbour.
Mohammad Kareem, a property agent in the area, said he saw "the soldiers chasing chickens" around the house on Monday. "They will share them out and eat them with their families," he said.
As for the two cows, he says they are probably on the way to a military-owned factory farm by now.The fate of the rabbits is still unclear.
According to sources familiar with jihadist networks, Osama Bin Laden was in poor health, with a kidney ailment that required medical care. But no neighbour recalls seeing regular visitors to the house.The terror chief instead was being treated successfully with natural remedies including watermelon she said.
On Tuesday Pakistani soldier took Mobile phone video footage which offered a final glimpse into a rustic simple life.A dozen eggs sitting in the kitchen sink, a few dishes on the side large wooden cupboards bare and open.
Bin Laden's last home ransacked by US Navy SEAL commandos in an overnight raid last Sunday in the foothills of Pakistan's Himalayan mountains was not the luxury pile as US reports suggested. The three-storey building that became the fugitive terror chief's last refuge was built in 2005 a white-walled square-built block without balconies resembling a small clinic more than a country mansion. People lived alongside the Al-Qaeda chief in his rural dwelling, included three of his wives and a dozen of their children.
At least five of them were killed during the US assault: Osama Bin Laden whose body was taken by the Americans, one of his sons, his two bodyguards -- known as the "Kwaitis" - and a woman, according to security sources.The survivors -- three women and their children -- are in Pakistani army detention. During interrogation, the youngest of the wives Amal Ahmed Abdulfattah a 29-year-old Yemeni, told investigators that Osama Bin Laden had lived in the villa for five years.Tuesday's footage gives a flavour of the lives led there organised by the "Kuwaitis" two brothers called Arshad Khan and Tariq who circulated around Abbottabad frequently.
These men who used false names were Pakistani despite their changed name, according to Pakistani media. Their father, who hails from the Islamist stronghold of Waziristan in the country's northwest was a friend of Osama Bin Laden.
The house chosen for Osama Bin Laden had grey tile floor slabs with austere concrete walls and stairs with old television sets suggesting a life devoid of luxury.
The bedroom of the Saudi-born terror chief, who lived on the top two floors of the house with his family, was no less basic and outside, the Osama Bin Laden raised chickens and grew vegetables in the shadow of their towering walls and tall poplar trees cultivating a life of near self-sufficiency.There weretwo cows, dogs, and over a hundred chickens, that's a lot. We could hear the chickens from our house," said Mohammad Qasim who lived next door. a Young neighbour, the young Zarar, 14, claims he once entered the property briefly.
"I saw two women who spoke Arabic, and they gave me a gift -- two rabbits," he said.
Only one man was, from time to time, allowed in the gardens: Shamrez Mohammad, the farmer in charge of feeding the animals and helping to grow the potatoes, cauliflower and other vegetables on the fertile land.
The army seized the house on Tuesday and has now emptied it and soldiers were likely to take the animals left behind to divide between themselves, said a neighbour.
Mohammad Kareem, a property agent in the area, said he saw "the soldiers chasing chickens" around the house on Monday. "They will share them out and eat them with their families," he said.
As for the two cows, he says they are probably on the way to a military-owned factory farm by now.The fate of the rabbits is still unclear.
According to sources familiar with jihadist networks, Osama Bin Laden was in poor health, with a kidney ailment that required medical care. But no neighbour recalls seeing regular visitors to the house.The terror chief instead was being treated successfully with natural remedies including watermelon she said.
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