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HOMELAND SECURITY VIOLATES REHABILITATION ACT BY ASKING INAPPROPRIATE MENTAL-HEALTH QUESTIONS

May 27, 2010

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a ruling issued on May 3, 2010 by Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz of the Southern District of California, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was found to have violated the...

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DOL's E.O. 13496 Final Rule Published

May 19, 2010

On May 20, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will publish its final rule implementing Executive Order 13496 and prescribing the size, form, and content of the notice to be posted by a contractor describing the rights of employees under Federal...

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Checking in With Ricci: Briscoe V. City of New Haven

May 17, 2010

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyMichael Briscoe was one of the black applicants for promotion to lieutenant in the Supreme Court’s ruling in Ricci v. DeStefano (2009). On remand from the Supreme Court, District Court...

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RICCI’S TENTACLES EXPANDED

May 17, 2010

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn NAACP v. North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue (2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40067), the NAACP challenged a residency requirement for firefighter candidates excluding applicants living outside...

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OFCCP THREATENS SANCTIONS AGAINST ASTRAZENECA ON SEX-BASED WAGE DIFFERENCES

May 17, 2010

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyLorraine McCarthy, staff writer for BNA, reported on May 17, 2010 that the OFCCP has charged AstraZeneca PLC with violating Executive Order 11246 in an administrative complaint filed on...

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WAL-MART AGREES TO MULTI-MILLION SETTLEMENT IN CALIFORNIA WAGE-HOUR CLASS ACTION

May 17, 2010

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyWal-Mart agreed to a settlement of up to 86 million dollars for 232,000 employees alleging nonpayment for vacation or personal leave in accordance with California state law after they...

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Third-Party Sexual Harassment in Prisons

May 17, 2010

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn May 7 2010, the 11th Circuit affirmed a district court judgment of $630,000 for 14 women (12 nurses, 1 doctor & 1 classification officer) on grounds of third-party sexual harassment....

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DCI PRESIDENT DELIVERS FIRST KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT RADFORD UNIVERSITY'S GRAD SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT

May 17, 2010

DCI President David Cohen delivered the first-ever keynote address at Radford University's Graduate College Commencement and Hooding Ceremony on May 7, 2010. Cohen was chosen as the inaugural speaker based on his success in the short period of time...

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OMB Completes Review of E.O. 13496 Final Rule

May 06, 2010

by Fred Satterwhite, Senior Consultant, DCI Consulting Group

(UPDATE: Final rule published on May 20, 2010)

On May 4, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) completed its review of the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) final rule prescribing the...

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Update on Functional Affirmative Action Plan (FAAP) Process

May 03, 2010

by Keli Parody Wilson, Consultant, DCI Consulting GroupOn February 22, 2010, DCI Consulting posted a blog highlighting the agency's Functional Affirmative Action Plan (FAAP) process trends. In summary, the blog focused on the prolonged approval...

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EN BANC PANEL OF 9TH CIRCUIT COURT RULES IN DUKES V. WAL-MART

April 27, 2010

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn April 26, 2010, a panel of eleven 9th Circuit Court judges ruled 6-5 that a class approximated at 500,000 female Wal-Mart employees could proceed with a class action suit in...

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Summary of Discrimination Complaints Made to OFCCP in Fiscal Years 2004-2010

April 20, 2010

by David Cohen, President, DCI Consulting GroupAs described in an earlier DCI client update, the Department of Labor released a database summarizing recent OFCCP enforcement activity. One interesting section of that database lists individual...

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