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PTC/MW APRIL MEETING

April 21, 2009

by Sul-Kee Kim, David Morgan & Keli Wilson, DCI Consulting Group

DCI attended the Personnel Testing Council of Metropolitan Washington’s (PTC/MW) monthly Luncheon Meeting on April 15, 2009. Rich Tonowski, Ph.D., Chief Psychologist at EEOC, gave a...

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SIOP’S 2009 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

April 14, 2009

by David Morgan & Eric Dunleavy, DCI Consulting Group

The 24th Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) took place April 2-4, 2009 in New Orleans, LA. DCI staff were among those who attended and...

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OLMS RESCINDS "BECK" REGULATIONS

April 12, 2009

by Fred Satterwhite, Senior Consultant, DCI Consulting Group

The Office of Labor-Management Standards issued a final rule on March 30, 2009, to rescind the regulations at 29 CFR Part 470, which had implemented the now-revoked Executive Order...

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DCI Consulting Publishes Article on Adverse Impact Analyses in OFCCP

April 08, 2009

David Cohen, President of DCI Consulting Group, and Eric Dunleavy, Ph.D., Senior Consultant at DCI, published an article in the March 2009 Quarterly of the Personnel Testing Council of Metropolitan Washington DC (PTC/MW). The article, entitled ...

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UNITED AIRLINES TO PAY $850K FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION

March 31, 2009

The EEOC has announced that United Airlines will pay $850,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging the airline’s overtime policy violated the Americans With Disabilities Act. The lawsuit alleged that United’s policy of denying the opportunity to work...

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EEOC ISSUES PROPOSED RULE TO IMPLEMENT THE GENETIC INFORMATION NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT

March 31, 2009

The EEOC has announced that it published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register to implement the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). The proposed rule would implement GINA’s strict restrictions on employers...

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BALTIMORE ATHLETIC CLUB TO PAY $161K TO SETTLE EEOC HARASSMENT LAWSUIT

March 31, 2009

The EEOC has announced that the Big Vanilla Athletic Club in Baltimore will pay $161,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the EEOC. The lawsuit alleged that the club sexually harassed several female employees at the company’s Pasadena...

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DISABLED PERSON’S APPLICATION FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS NO BAR TO EEOC SUIT

March 31, 2009

The EEOC has announced that a federal court ruled that its lawsuit on behalf of a disabled sales manager employee could not be blocked. The ruling stems from a lawsuit brought by the EEOC against Autozone, one of the nation’s largest retailers of...

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UNION PACIFIC TO PAY $75K FOR SEX DISCRIMINATION

March 31, 2009

The EEOC has announced that Union Pacific Railroad will pay $75,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by EEOC alleging the company refused to hire a female applicant to a system material foreman position even though she had more seniority than the other...

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Maryland Horse Farm to Pay $180k to Settle EEOC Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

March 31, 2009

The EEOC has announced that Fitzhaugh Farm in Maryland will pay $180,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit in which it had alleged the Farm sexually harassed a female farmhand. The lawsuit also claimed the Farm terminated the...

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NJ LIQUOR STORE TO PAY $60K TO SETTLE RACE BIAS LAWSUIT

March 31, 2009

The EEOC has announced that Shopper’s Vineyard, a wine and liquor store in Clifton, New Jersey will pay $60,000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC. The EEOC alleged the store laid off the only African American front-line...

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TRUCKING COMPANY AND EEOC REACH AGREEMENT ON DIVERSITY EFFORTS IN TRUCKING INDUSTRY

March 31, 2009

The EEOC has announced that YRC Inc., the largest over-the-road trucking company in the U.S., and the EEOC announced an agreement providing for an expanded recruitment program that is expected to increase the diversity of YRC’s truck driving and...

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