by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe EEOC announced on July 28 that it gave notice of its intention to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) its intent to submit the recordkeeping requirement in the...
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August 05, 2011
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe agreement relates to a charge of discrimination in hiring against Hispanic, African American and females for the position of material handler. Alcoa Mills will make $484,656.19 in...
August 02, 2011
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyAccording to several sources, Wal-Mart has no objection to extending the deadline for 90 days so as to reestablish a presumably smaller portion of the class that was decertified by the...
August 02, 2011
July 26, 2011
July 26, 2011
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe case is EEOC v. Schwan’s Home Service [ 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 14291, 7/13/11]. The facts are that Schwan hired Kim Millren in March 2007 as a location general manager under the...
July 26, 2011
The Q&A occurred on July 12, 2001 and during the session, Director Patricia A. Shiu revealed several important pending developments. Among her introductory remarks, she announced that the OFCCP is “engaged in several efforts to strengthen and update...
July 12, 2011
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis addressed the 22nd convention of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) on July 1, 2011, and a highlight, if not the focus of her remarks, was on the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Wal-Mart v. Dukes....
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn August 17, 2009, Judge Sam Sparks of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas granted summary judgment to the University of Texas (UT) at Austin in a lawsuit by two...
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyAs noted in a prior alert on June 21, 2011, the Supreme Court ruled against the plaintiffs in Wal-Mart v. Dukes [2011 U.S. LEXIS 4567, 6/2011]. As noted in that alert, the ruling was...
June 21, 2011
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn June 20, 2011, the Supreme Court ruled against the Dukes Plaintiffs in Wal-Mart v. Dukes. The ruling was unanimous to the point that the plaintiffs wrongly used Rule 23(b)(2) for...
