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by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyRecently, we reported that Wal-Mart agreed to a settlement of up to $86 million dollars for up to 232,000 former employees related to allegations of nonpayment for vacation or personal...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologySince early May, the EEOC has announced a dozen or so settlements involving harassment and/or retaliation. These settlements may be viewed at the EEOC newsroom link. I found two of them...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyRecently, we reported two wage & hour cases in which Wal-Mart agreed to a settlement of up to $86 million dollars for up to 232,000 former employees related to allegations of nonpayment...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn June 2, 2010, the 1st Circuit overturned a district court ruling of summary judgment for the defense in a sexual harassment case (Rosario v. Department of Army (010 U.S. App. LEXIS...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn May 20, 2010, Judge Christopher A. Nuechterlein of the Northern District of Indiana ruled that a single prank in which one firefighter rubbed his groin on a colleague’s arm did not...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn June 4, 2010, Minnesota District Court Judge Paul A. Magnuson ordered the Minnesota DOC to pay $724,000 to 35 retirees, as well as insurance premiums for dental and medical coverage...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a long awaited and much anticipated ruling issued on May 24, 2010, the Supreme Court unanimously opined that the plaintiffs may proceed to trial with their adverse impact challenge to...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn May 17, 2010, a jury awarded nearly 3.4 million dollars to 12 named female plaintiffs in Velez v. Novartis Corp. There was a 5-week trial in front of District Court Judge Colleen...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a ruling issued on May 3, 2010 by Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz of the Southern District of California, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was found to have violated the...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyMichael Briscoe was one of the black applicants for promotion to lieutenant in the Supreme Court’s ruling in Ricci v. DeStefano (2009). On remand from the Supreme Court, District Court...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn NAACP v. North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue (2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40067), the NAACP challenged a residency requirement for firefighter candidates excluding applicants living outside...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyLorraine McCarthy, staff writer for BNA, reported on May 17, 2010 that the OFCCP has charged AstraZeneca PLC with violating Executive Order 11246 in an administrative complaint filed on...