by Eric Dunleavy, Ph.D., Senior Consultant, DCI Consulting GroupEarlier this month, OFCCP staff presented on a variety of EEO topics of interest to federal contractors at the National Industry Liaison Group (NILG) Conference. DCI staff attended an...
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August 17, 2010
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn US v. City of New York (2009) [F. Supp. 2d 419], Judge Nicholas G. Garufis of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York evaluated an entry-level firefighter test based...
August 10, 2010
The US Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) has made available two reports on affirmative action, applicable to individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans, in the federal contractor sector.
The agency states...
July 30, 2010
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn July 23, 2010, Administrative Law Judge Larry W. Price supported Frito-Lay on an issue that is critical to all DCI clients. The facts in this case are as follows. The OFCCP selected...
July 30, 2010
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn his recent invited address to the International Personnel Assessment Council (IPAC) (July 2010), SIOP Fellow Dr. Michael A. McDaniel gave seven specific reasons (or flaws) for...
July 22, 2010
OFCCP has issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) inviting the public to provide input on how the agency can strengthen the affirmative action requirements of the regulations implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of...
July 21, 2010
by David Cohen, President, DCI Consulting GroupOn July 10, 2010 Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis announced that the OFCCP will publish an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPM) early next year that will seek input from stakeholders on how to...
July 21, 2010
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...
July 21, 2010
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...
July 21, 2010
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...
July 21, 2010
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...
