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by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe alleged facts in Kurtts v. Chiropractic Strategies Group [2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22144, 3/4/11] are that Crystal Kurtts, a receptionist at a chiropractic clinic in Alabama complained...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyAs noted in several recent DCI Blogspots, the OFCCP is proposing to rescind the Standards written in 2006 for evaluating systematic discrimination in compensation cases. As noted in...

The case is Randall v. Rolls Royce, decided on March 12, 2010. The facts of this case are hardly extraordinary. Two named plaintiffs at Rolls Royce sued for systemic sex discrimination under Title VII and unequal pay for equal work under the Equal...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a press release on 1/11/11, the EEOC reported a record number of discrimination claims in the private sector for FY 2010, which ended on September 30, 2010. The actual number was...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a settlement announced by the EEOC with Denver Hotel Management Co., the company agreed to a $105,000 settlement for failure to promote Renate Rivelli for sex-plus discrimination in...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe case is Stagi v. AMTRAK (2010 U.S. App. Lexis 17261, 8/16/10) in which a class of women alleged that a policy of requiring union employees to have one year of service in a current...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe EEOC announced on 12/1/10 that Akai Security, the the largest provider of contract security services to the federal government, will pay $1.62 million to a class of 26 female...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a ruling on an issue of first impression, the EEOC ruled on November 30, 2010 that the Ledbetter Act does not apply to pension checks (Brakeall v. EPA, EEOC, No. 0120093805,...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyNot surprisingly, the Supreme Court agreed to review the 9th Circuit en banc ruling in Dukes v. Wal-Mart (Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes, U.S., No. 10-277, cert. granted 12/6/10). The...

In a release dated November 23, 2010, the OFCCP filed an administrative complaint against Meyer Tool. Meyer Tool is a federal contractor that manufactures engine parts for the aerospace industry and has a 176.1 million prime contract with the...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOFCCP announced a $167,000 settlement agreement in a sex discrimination claim with Gruma Corp, a corn flour and tortilla manufacturer (OFCCP v. Gruma Corp., DOL OALJ, No. 2009-OFC-0007,...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn May 2010 we reported the results of a 5-week jury trial in Velez v. Novartis Corp. in which the jury deliberated for four days. The essence of that report was that the jury awarded...