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On January 21, 2010, Linda S. Chapman, a Labor Department ALJ ruled that Bank of America (BOA) discriminated against black applicants for four entry-level jobs in 1993 and from 2002 to 2005. BOA was given14 days to appeal the ruling to the Secretary...

The full report is available at http://www.cceq.org/. The major findings in the reports are:

• Number of settlements increased from 61 in FY 2007 to 73 in FY 2008
• As in FY 2007, over 95% of the settlements involved allegations of systemic...

The first of five FAQs summarizes the Ricci ruling and the remaining four address whether Ricci affects how the OFCCP will conduct compliance evaluations; whether Ricci alters contractor obligations relating to affirmative action and test...

In a ruling handed down on January 11, 2010 (Harrison v. Benchmark Electronics [2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 632; 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C 416] the 11th Circuit ruled that Benchmark violated the ADA by making an illegal medical inquiry prior to a...

On January 6, 2010, the Chicago Sun-Times (http://www.policeone.com/patrol-issues/articles/1986463-Chicago-police-may-scrap-entrance-exam/) reported that the City of Chicago is considering scrapping its entry exam. This article, written by Fran...

In Decmeber 2009, the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut settled a reverse discrimination lawsuit with 11 white and 1 Hispanic firefighters relating to a promotion exam. The original weightings on the exam (50% written, 45% oral & 5% seniority) were...

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Ricci v. DeStafano (June 29, 2009) is discussed by Gutman and Dunleavy in the October, 2009 issue of TIP (The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist). The City of New Haven, Connecticut discarded a promotion exam for...

Dr. Arthur Gutman, Professor of Psychology at Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), is the new editor of DCI’s semi-monthly client alerts. Art is author of “EEO Law and Personnel Practices” (Sage, 2000, 2nd Ed) and originator of “On The Legal Front...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its FY 2011 budget request on February 1, including descriptions of several planned enforcement initiatives for OFCCP. Among the highlights are the following:

• “OFCCP will select two industries and...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its FY 2011 budget request on February 1, including FY 2009 performance statistics for OFCCP. Among the highlights are the following:

"In FY 2009, OFCCP entered into financial settlements with 94...

The Center for Corporate Equality (CCE) has released its annual report summarizing enforcement results developed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) on their equal employment and affirmative...

OFCCP has posted a set of questions and answers regarding last year's U.S. Supreme Court decision in Ricci v. DeStefano on the agency's web site. The FAQ section includes:

• A brief synopsis of the Court's decision;
• A discussion of how the...