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2ND CIRCUIT COURT BECOMES FIRST APPEALS COURT TO INVOKE RICCI STANDARD

May 16, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyI guess that’s appropriate since the 2nd Circuit was the “victim” of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Ricci v. Destefano (2009). Recall that in Ricci, the 2nd Circuit endorsed the City of...

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POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS OF ENFORCEMENT OF VEVRAA FOR WOMEN

May 16, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn April 26, 2011, the OFCCP proposed a rule requiring federal contractors to establish annual benchmarks for hiring veterans under the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act...

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OFCCP's Proposed Rules Recommending Benchmarks for Hiring Veterans

May 16, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyUnder a proposed rule by the OFCCP on April 26, 2011 federal contractors would be required for the first time to establish annual benchmarks for hiring veterans. In an interview on April...

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DCI Staff Present at SIOP’S 26th Annual Conference Held in Chicago

April 26, 2011

The 26th Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) was held April 14-16, 2011 in Chicago, IL. Attendees and presenters from a variety of industries and backgrounds took part in the event. As is typically...

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United Space Alliance Challenges Final DOL Order in Federal District Court

April 26, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a lawsuit filed on April 19, 2011, United Space Alliance (USA) sued the DOL and OFCCP challenging a Final DOL Order for USA to produce documents or face suspension of current and...

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CITY OF PHILADELPHIA PASSES ORDINANCE TO RESTRICT INQUIRIES INTO CRIMINAL HISTORY

April 21, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyAs reported by BNA, Philadelphia PA Mayor Michael A. Nutter signed the so-called “Ban the Box” bill on April 13, 2011 prohibiting both public and private employers from divulging their...

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Some Thoughts on Oral Arguments in Dukes V. Wal Mart

April 20, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyAs reported in an alert on March 30, 2011, two of our DCI colleagues (David Morgan & Eileen Curtayne) attended oral arguments held a day earlier Wal Mart v. Dukes. I will assume the...

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DCI Staff Attend Oral Argument For The Largest Title VII Class-Action Suit in History

March 30, 2011

by David Morgan and Eileen Curtayne, Ph.D., DCI Consulting GroupDCI staff visited the U.S Supreme Court (USSC) on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. At approximately 5:40 a.m., there were already well over 90 people in line hoping for a ticket to hear the...

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GRANGER V. AARON’S: A MISFILED SEXUAL HARASSMENT SUIT TOLLED BY THE 5TH CIRCUIT COURT

March 29, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOrdinarily, we are not interested in misfiled cases, but this one involves a claim misfiled with the OFCCP that could have been dropped because of the Title VII statute of limitations....

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TWO JURY AWARDS IN SECTION 1983 RACE DISCRIMINATION LAWSUITS

March 29, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology

The first case is Matusick v. Erie County Water Authority (ECWA) decided in front of Judge Richard J. Arcara in the District Court of the Western District of New York [2011 U.S. Dist....

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EEOC FINALIZES ADA REGULATIONS IN LIGHT OF THE ADA AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2008

March 28, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology

The EEOC published the regulations for the ADA in light of the ADAAA on March 25, 2011 with an effective date of two months thereafter. Along with the new regulations, the EEOC...

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WAS CHARLIE SHEEN REGARDED AS BEING DISABLED?

March 21, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyCharlie Sheen’s “adventures” have dominated the popular press and Internet blogs in recent weeks. We do not normally feature such stories in this space. However, last week, his lawyers...

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