DCI Consulting Blog

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...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe first ruling is Haqq v. Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, decided on March 23, 2010 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Haqq, a Muslim woman...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyMy thanks to Dr. Lance Seberhagen (CEO & Director of Seberhagen & Associates) for forwarding the following information.As reported in the BullsEye Newsletter in February 2010, there are...

The Associated Press has reported that Hillary Clinton’s name has surfaced as a possible replacement for Justice Stevens, who recently announced his retirement from the Supreme Court.

The report is based on an appearance by Senators Hatch and...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn an April 8, 2010 ruling by Judge Paul A. Magnusen of the US District Court for the District of Minnesota (EEOC v. Minnesota DOC [No. 08-5252 (PAM/FLN]), Judge Magnusen agreed with the...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn an April 12, 2010 ruling in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Horgan v. Simmons [2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36915], Judge Ruben Castillo denied summary judgment...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), living up to a promise of more transparency and open government under Secretary Hilda L. Solis, has launched an enforcement data web site to make data collected by DOL agencies accessible and searchable by the...

by Fred Satterwhite, Senior Consultant, DCI Consulting GroupFederal contractors are currently receiving the Spring 2010 edition of OFCCP's Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letter (CSAL), which was sent to contractors' chief executive officers at...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of PsychologyThe meeting, held on March 11, 2010 was chaired by Senator Harkin, with testimony from Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, an original sponsor of the bill in the House, EEOC Acting Chairman...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of PsychologyPerhaps. or perhaps it’s coincidental. I’ll let you judge. Between March 2 and March 12, 2010, the EEOC announced settlements in 5 ADA cases. Here they are.On March 2, the EEOC announced...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of PsychologyOn March 12, the 7th Circuit affirmed a district court summary judgment ruling favoring the City of Harvey, Illinois in a case in which four white firefighters were passed over for...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of PsychologyAccording to a BNA report dated March 26, 2010, congress is likely to turn its attention to three important piece of EEO legislation. For BNA subscribers, the report is available here....