DCI Consulting Blog

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThere were two major calls on July 20, 2010 for the Senate to pass the PFA, one by President Obama, and one by Vice President Biden. The President called it a “common-sense bill” to...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThis one is Vivenzio v. City of Syracuse (2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 13464) decided by the 2nd Circuit on July 1, 2010. Neither side has won --- yet. Three white firefighters sued the City of...

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...

At a White House Middle Class Task Force forum today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced new initiatives aimed at addressing pay equity and wage discrimination.

Of particular interest to Federal contractors was the announcement that...

by David Cohen, President, DCI Consulting GroupThe landscape of Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity has changed in recent years due to updated EEO laws and innovative new enforcement agency strategies.One recent change that has had...

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...