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UGESP Series Post #2: Analyzing Selection Decisions
In selection systems that leverage more than one procedure and/or tool to make employment decisions, evaluation of disparities becomes complicated,...
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Criminal Background Checks: Guilty Until Proven Valid
Jul 9, 2013, 9:40:00 AM
EEOC recently sued BMW Manufacturing and Dollar General alleging that their use of criminal background checks resulted in discrimination against...
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J.B. HUNT SETTLES WITH EEOC ON RACE DISCRIMINATION BASED ON CRIMINAL CONVICTION RECORDS
Jul 9, 2013, 9:35:00 AM
The Settlement was announced on 6/28/13 and may be viewed on the EEOC Website at http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/6-28-13c.cfm. The details...
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SUPREME COURT NARROWS DEFINITION OF “SUPERVISOR” IN VANCE V. BALL STATE RACIAL HARASSMENT CASE
Jul 9, 2013, 9:34:00 AM
The ruling was handed down on 6/24/13 [2013 U.S. LEXIS 4703]. The issue of whether an alleged harasser is a supervisor or co-worker is important...
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Supreme Court Punts in Long-Awaited Ruling in Fisher V. University of Texas
Jul 9, 2013, 9:32:00 AM
The ruling was handed down on 6/24/13 [2013 U.S. LEXIS 4701]. In a 7-1 vote (with Justice Kagan not participating), the Court decided that the...
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Equal Pay Enforcement: What Do The Laws Say?
Jun 18, 2013, 9:51:00 AM
Art recently described a pay equity ruling that was declined for review by the Supreme Court. At the heart of the ruling was the difference between...
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Exploring The Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
Jun 18, 2013, 9:49:00 AM
Many readers are familiar with the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP), which describe the standards by which EEO regulatory...
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SIXTH CIRCUIT LEANS ON DUKES V. WAL-MART TO DENY CLASS CERTIFICATION
Jun 18, 2013, 9:47:00 AM
The case is Davis v. Cintas, decided by the 6th Circuit on 5/30/13 [2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 10856]. This case is very much like Dukes v. Wal-Mart [131...
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Supreme Court Passes on Alleged Conflict Between Title VII and The Equal Pay Act (EPA)
Jun 18, 2013, 9:42:00 AM
In Moten v. Broward County, Irma Moten, a black female forensic technician with the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office sued for pay...
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US & Vulcan Society v. NYC
May 21, 2013, 9:31:00 AM
There are too many rulings in this case to summarize all of them in a single Alert. So I will stick to what I consider the four major acts in a play...
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2010 Census Data: An Update for Federal Contractors
May 21, 2013, 9:22:00 AM
Join us for a webinar to discuss OFCCP’s recent notice to federal contractors on the use of the 2006-2010 American Community Survey (ACS) EEO...
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The Increased Likelihood of False Positives Under Directive 307
May 21, 2013, 9:21:00 AM
In an ongoing series of blog posts, we will be dissecting portions of Directive 307 to highlight the potential pitfalls with the Directive’s...