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Understanding Data Aggregation in Lopez v. City of Lawrence

Art Gutman recently summarized the ruling in Lopez v. City of Lawrence, a police promotion disparate impact case. In this case, a district court...

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Dollar General Agrees To 4 Million Dollar Settlement For Improper Use Of Background Credit Information

The case is Marcum v. Dolgencorp (E.D. Va., No. 12-108, 10/16/14) and the reason for the settlement has nothing to do with adverse impact. The basis...

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VETS-4212 Replaces VETS-100A Ruling Brings Change to Reporting Process

The Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) of the U.S. Department of Labor has issued the final rule to revise reporting requirements for...

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Implications of Lopez v. City of Lawrence

On September 5, 2014, Judge D.J. O’Toole of the District Court of Massachusetts delivered the latest ruling on alternatives to reduce adverse impact...

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Please Refer to the CBA: Recent OFCCP Audits Focus on Pay Practices for Bargaining Employees

This is the second blog in our series on Steering and OFCCP enforcement. As discussed in our first blog of the series, OFCCP has focused on...

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Record Keeping Renewal for Construction Contractors

OFCCP is seeking public comments on its proposed information collection request (ICR) to renew recordkeeping and reporting requirements for...

Coming Soon: NPRM on Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information

On Wednesday, September 17th, the NPRM on EO 13665 will be published in the Federal Register. This proposed rule is for the implementation of...

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Can You Juggle? Equal Pay Report, OFCCP FAQS Create Multiple 'Employee' Definitions For Contractors

On August 6, 2014, OFCCP issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) which will require covered Federal contractors and subcontractors with more...

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President Obama Amends Executive Orders 11246 & 11478 Affording Protections for LGBT & Sexual Orientation

The amendments were issued on July 21, 2014 amid controversy regarding who is who is not exempted. The first amendment includes gender identity and...

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No Harm, No Foul Defense Rejected in ADA Case

The case is EEOC v. Grane Healthcare Company, which has three iterations, all at the district court level. These include an initial ruling on March...

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COUNTY AND UNION FOUND GUILTY OF RETALIATION

The case is Booth v. Pasco County, Florida and Association of Firefighters Local 4420 decided on July 3, 2014 [2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 12838]. The facts...

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Can Employers Override Protected-Veteran Status Post-Offer?

Among the new FAQs released on June 18, 2014, OFCCP responded to the following contractor question: