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by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn 1/18/12, Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) introduced H.R. 3791 requiring public companies to disclose their pay brackets and how many women and minorities fall within them. This bill would...

JacintoPort, a subsidiary of Seaboard Corp., has $1.2+ million in federal contracts to store and transport cargo with the Defense Commissary Agency. Interestingly, the allegations against JacintoPort amount to discrimination against white and black...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe EEOC announced on 1/11/12 that Pepsi Beverages has agreed to a 1.3 million settlement to head off litigation (see http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/1-11-12a.cfm). Most of the...

The NDAA was signed into law on December 31, 2011. Critically, Section 715 of the NDAA exempts TRICARE providers from coverage as federal contractors (see link below).

TRICARE is the healthcare program that covers active duty soldiers, retired...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyBoA Suffers a Loss that Likely Benefits All Federal Contractors in the FutureBoA issued a 4th Amendment challenge to an OFCCP request for information for an on-site review under the...

The results of the GAO study were reported by USA Today columnist Mary Beth Marklein on 12/28/11. According to Marklein, the study was done at the request of three members of the House of Representatives. The main allegation is that the DOJ has...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyMy preview of the (then) proposed EEOC rules for the ADEA was posted in an Alert on 11/15/11. The next day, Eric Dunleavy attended the actual meeting in which these rules were finalized....

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe complaint was filed on 12/1/11 with the OFCCP’s Office of Administrative Law Judges (OFCCP v. Lund Boat Co. and Brunswick Corp.
Case Number: 2012-OFC-00002; see ...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn 10/9/09, a letter written to the EEOC asked the following question:

[Does] the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA), prohibit...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe revision is scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on 12/9/11. At issue are regulations relating to affirmative action provisions, and specifies actions contractors and...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe complaint was filed on 11/29/11 with the OFCCP’s Office of Administrative Law Judges (see http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ofccp/OFCCP20111648.htm). It alleges that Cargill...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn an unusual show of bipartisan support, the Senate voted 95-0 on 11/10/11 to pass the “Vow to Hire Heroes Act” (or simply the “Act”). The Act is designed to help unemployed veterans...