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by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe OFCCP has posted the following supplementary information related to its December 9, 2011 related to comments on its NPRM on Section 503.On December 9, 2011, OFCCP published a...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn Wednesday, January 25th all of the employer associations and other organizations that requested an extension to the February 7th public comment deadline in response to proposed...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThis case was featured in an alert on 10/18/11 featuring the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on 10/15/11. The question was whether Cheryl Perich met the definition of “minister.” If so,...

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...