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Formica Settles Race Discrimination Case With OFCCP For $291,000
The settlement was reported on April 25, 2013 in a DOL News Brief. For undisclosed reasons, the specifics of the settlement have, as of this writing,...
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Goodwill Industries Settles Sex Discrimination Case Against Males with OFCCP for $130,000
May 21, 2013, 9:04:00 AM
The settlement was reported on the OFCCP website on April 25, 2013. According to the release, the hiring process favored women for entry-level...
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Bertucci Contracting Settles Race Discrimination Case with OFCCP
May 7, 2013, 9:18:00 AM
Bertucci provides flood control and restoration services and has received more than 80 million in federal contracts related disaster recovery...
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8TH CIRCUIT DEFERS TO EMPLOYER’S JUDGMENT ON WHAT CONSTITUTES AN ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTION
May 7, 2013, 9:18:00 AM
To claim protected class membership under the ADA, the individual must prove (a) disability within the meaning of the law (an impairment that...
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Court Finds Stock Statistics Sufficient for Systemic Discrimination Whereas Applicant Flow Data are Unnecessary
Apr 23, 2013, 9:40:00 AM
The case is EEOC v. Bass Pro Outdoor World (BPOW) decided on March 18, 2013 by District Court Judge Keith B. Ellison of the District of Texas,...
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Compliance Evaluations: From Courtesy Letter to Scheduling Letter
Apr 23, 2013, 9:39:00 AM
Given the recent wave of OFCCP courtesy letters sent to federal contractors this month, we thought a short review of the process in moving from...
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Race/Ethnicity Subgroup Analysis in Compensation Analyses: A Change in OFCCP Protocol
Apr 9, 2013, 9:07:00 AM
OFCCP’s recent webinars on Directive 307 stated that compensation investigations will focus on individual race/ethnicity differences. If that is the...
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What Changed With Directive 307?
Apr 9, 2013, 9:06:00 AM
OFCCP’s Directive 307 outlines policies for evaluating compensation data that depart in three primary ways from guidance presented in the rescinded...
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Key Affirmative Action Case
Apr 9, 2013, 9:05:00 AM
The case is Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, which the Supreme Court granted certiorari on March 25, 2013 [2013 U.S. LEXIS 2504]....
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COURT ORDERS EEOC TO PRODUCE WITNESS FOR DEPOSITION REGARDING WHETHER PRE-SUIT INVESTIGATION OCCURRED
Mar 25, 2013, 4:16:00 PM
The case is EEOC v. Grane Healthcare, decided on 3/25/13 by Judge Kim R. Gibson of the Western District of Pennsylvania [2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS...
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District Court Rules in Favor of Employer in Credit Check Case
Mar 20, 2013, 8:08:00 PM
The case is EEOC v. Kaplan Higher Learning decided on January 28 by Judge Patricia A. Gaughan of the District Court for the Northern District of...
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Census Bureau Data Shows Disabled Workers Less Likely to be Employed and More Likely To Hold Lower Paid Jobs
Mar 18, 2013, 9:39:00 AM
The report was released on March 14, 2012 and may be viewed at...