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by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn the final day of its 2009-2010 term, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review Thompson v. N. Am. Stainless LP (U.S., No. 09-291, cert. granted 6/29/10), in which Eric Thompson was...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn June 29, 2010, the EEOC announced that the State of Georgia agreed to pay 60K to settle an ADEA claim. The recipient is Margie Washington, who was terminated from her position of...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyUsing the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), BNA has obtained a private letter “to respond to a request for public comment from a federal agency or department. The EEOC notes that the...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyArt Gutman reviewed the administrative law judge ruling in favor of OFCCP/against Bank of America here in February 2010. Gutman and Dunleavy have written a more detailed review of the...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe case is EEOC v. Paramount Staffing, Inc. (210 U.S. Lexis 49042) decided on May 17, 2010 by Judge John Phipps McCalla of the District Court of the Western District of Tennessee. The...

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...