by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe settlement, finalized on 7/17/12, included a class of 486 African American job applicants in relation to alleged racially discriminatory hiring practices (Waters v. Cook’s Pest...
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by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology Cat’s Paw theory stems from a fable by Jean de La Fontaine first published in 1679. In the fable, a monkey dupes a cat into pulling chestnuts from a fire and eats them all as the cat...
July 17, 2012
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology The EEOC announced eight harassment settlements and one court judgment in a 16-day stretch from 6/21/12 to 7/6/12. The cases feature primarily harassment based on sex and race, but...
July 17, 2012
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a press release dated 7/11/12, the EEOC announced it is suing Pace Solano, a Solano County, California disability services provider for rescinding a job offer after a medical exam see...
July 17, 2012
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a prior alert involving Solano Pace, we reported that a disability services provider rescinded an offer of employment following discovery of a physical impairment (partial paralysis...
July 17, 2012
June 12, 2012
June 12, 2012
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology
The law was signed by the Governor of Minnesota on April 18, 2012 (see https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/?id=186&doctype=chapter&year=2012&type=0). It permits private, nonpublic...
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology
The case is Townsend v. Benjamin Enterprises Incorporated (BEI) decided by the 2nd Circuit on May 9, 2012 [2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 9441]. The main actors in this case are Michelle...
June 05, 2012
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology
The PPA was introduced on May 9, 2012 by Democratic Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)....
June 05, 2012
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology
The case is EEOC v. Port Authority of N.Y. & N.J. decided on 5/17/12 (see http://www.nylj.com/nylawyer/adgifs/decisions/052112buchwald.pdf). The case began in 2007 when a female...
May 16, 2012
