Former Contributors

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

    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...

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    OFCCP Releases Section 503 & VEVRAA

    The new rules become effective 180 days from today (i.e., regulatory effective date); however, the date of compliance will differ for contractors...

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    EEOC MOUNTS CAMPAIGN ON REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS UNDER THE ADA

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

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    Gulino V. Board of Education NYC: Act VI

    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...

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    THIRD PARTY RETALIATION CLAIM ALLOWED TO PROCEED

    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....

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

    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:

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    Nine State Attorneys General Challenge EEOC Proscriptions Against Criminal Background Checks in Letter to EEOC

    The letter was written on July 25, 2013 by West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, and is joined by attorneys general from Alabama,...

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    OFCCP V. VF Jeanswear Limited: ALJ Delivers Summary Judgement Ruling in Favor of VF on Subgroup Aggregation

    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,...

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

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

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

    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...

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

    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...

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

    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...

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