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Choose Your Own Comparator: The Importance of Race Coding Strategy in Compensation Equity Analyses

October 01, 2013

In a prior blog post, we indicated that OFCCP has taken a position that the specific strategy for dummy coding races in a regression analysis does not matter. Specifically, they have argued that the group that one chooses as the referent group is...

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OFCCP Releases Section 503 & VEVRAA

September 24, 2013

The new rules become effective 180 days from today (i.e., regulatory effective date); however, the date of compliance will differ for contractors depending on the subsection and the contractor’s affirmative action plan date. Contractors are expected...

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EEOC MOUNTS CAMPAIGN ON REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS UNDER THE ADA

September 24, 2013

Within the last two weeks, the EEOC filed four lawsuits and announced one settlement all related to the same issue --- reasonable accommodations under the ADA.

On 8/29/13, the EEOC announced a lawsuit against House of Raeford Farms, a poultry...

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Gulino V. Board of Education NYC: Act VI

September 24, 2013

This case started in 1996 when Black and Hispanic teachers brought action in 1996 against both the State Education Department (SED) and the New York City Board of Education (the Board) claiming adverse impact based on two licensing tests, the...

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THIRD PARTY RETALIATION CLAIM ALLOWED TO PROCEED

September 24, 2013

The case is Dinkens v. Creative Business Solutions (CBS) decided on 9/4/13 by Judge Richard D. Rogers of the District Court of Kansas [2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 125898].

The facts in this case are interesting. Dinkens was offered a job by the United Way...

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EEOC V. Freeman: EEOC Dealt Another Loss On Background Checks

September 04, 2013

The ruling was handed down on 8/913 by Judge Roger W. Titus of the District Court of Maryland and may be read at the following site:

 This is the second defeat in a row for the EEOC on background checks following EEOC v. Kaplan’s Higher Learning...
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Nine State Attorneys General Challenge EEOC Proscriptions Against Criminal Background Checks in Letter to EEOC

August 14, 2013
The letter was written on July 25, 2013 by West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, and is joined by attorneys general from Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina and Utah The letter was reprinted in the West...
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OFCCP V. VF Jeanswear Limited: ALJ Delivers Summary Judgement Ruling in Favor of VF on Subgroup Aggregation

August 07, 2013

The ruling, by ALJ Kenneth A. Krantz was handed down on 8/5/13. What’s interesting in this ruling is that OFCCP, for all intents and purposes, believed that VF was showing preference for Asians versus all other protected groups. The problem is that...

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UGESP Series Post #4: Implementation of Selection Systems – A Key Piece of The Validation Puzzle

July 23, 2013

In this installment of our UGESP series, we address an aspect of the validation process that presents significant EEO enforcement risk if overlooked: selection procedure implementation.

The purpose of a validation study is to collect evidence that...

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OFCCP Settles With TUFTS Associated Health Plans on Race-Based Claims of Discrimination and Retaliation

July 19, 2013

In a press release dated July 17, 2013, the OFCCP announced that Tufts Associated Health Plans has agreed to a $372,739 settlement related to charges of race-based discrimination in termination and retaliation. 

I recently described the prongs of...

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Supreme Court Adopts Stricter Test for Proving Retaliation in Title VII Cases

July 19, 2013

The case is University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar, decided on June 24, 2013 [2013 U.S. LEXIS 4704]. Excuse my delay … I have been wrestling with relevant background factors to provide the best framework for describing the ruling....

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UGESP Series Post #1: Defining Employment Decisions and Selection Procedures Under UGESP

July 09, 2013

In our last set of blog posts, we promised a series of posts attending to specific compliance issues related to the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP). This is the first of what we hope will be an informative and useful set...

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