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    9TH CIRCUIT ENDORSES LARGE AWARD FOR ATTORNEY FEES FOR RELATIVELY PUNY AWARD FOR PLAINTIFF CLAIM

    The case is Muniz v. United Parcel Service [738 F.3d 214], decided on 12/5/13. The facts are that Kim Muniz, who was first promoted to division...

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    SUMMARY JUDGMENT OVERTURNED IN RACE & SEX CLAIM FOR BLACK FEMALE REPLACED BY HISPANIC FEMALE

    The case is Shazor v. Professional Transit Management decided by the 6th Circuit on 2/19/14 [2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 2943]. The facts of the case are...

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    Federal Magistrate Orders Voluntary Remand In ARB Ruling Against Frito-Lay

    The ruling, which was handed down on 2/11/14 by US Magistrate Judge David L. Horan in and for the District Court of the Northern District of Texas.

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    EEOC V. Freeman Round 3: EEOC Appeals Summary Judgment

    This is our third Alert on EEOC v. Freeman, in which the EEOC has charged that Freeman’s use of background checks and criminal records adversely...

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    OFCCP’S REGULATORY AGENDA: WHAT WILL 2014 BRING?

    [Editor's note: This blog entry was originally posted on December 17, 2013.]

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    EEOC WRITES INFORMAL LETTER TO INMATE SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE

    The informal letter (available here) is in response to a request for information from the EEOC about apprentice training programs and employment...

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    Employer Fails To Justify Rescinding Job Offer After Medical Exam

    The case is LaFata v. Dearborn Heights School District No.7, decided by District Court Judge Patrick J. Duggan of the Eastern District of Michigan,...

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    Failure To Engage In Interactive Process Not Justified By “No Call, No Show” Policy

    The case is Price v. Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth, decided by District Court Judge Lawrence E. Kahn of the Northern Division of New...

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    OFCCP Enforcement: The Year 2013 in Review

    The year 2013 has been anything but quiet on the OFCCP enforcement front for the federal contracting community. Contractors have certainly been kept...

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    Recent OFCCP Audit Trends: Steering Cases

    In light of the recent settlement with G&K, DCI is noting trends in current OFCCP audits related to personnel steering issues. G&K Services Co....

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    503 and VEVRAA Audit Activity: New Regulations Overshadowing Current Regulations?

    With the new 503 and VEVRAA regulations looming around the corner, we have recently experienced audits with an increased interest in the ‘raw’ data...

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    Sexual Harassment And Social Media: A Virtual Disaster

    The case is Debord v. Mercy Health Systems of Kansas decided by the 10th Circuit on 11/26/13 [2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 23733]. For those who do not have...

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