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OMB Concludes Review of OFCCP'S Notice to Rescind Compensation Standards and Guidelines

On December 21, 2010, the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) concluded its review of OFCCP's...

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OFCCP Releases Fall 2010 Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda

OFCCP and other U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) agencies published their Fall 2010 regulatory agendas on December 20, 2010. The agenda is published...

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OFCCP Rescinds Active Case Management Directive

OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu officially discontinued the agency's Active Case Management (ACM) process on December 2, 2010 by rescinding Directive...

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Third Circuit Favors Aggregation of Data in Calculation Adverse Impact

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology The case is Stagi v. AMTRAK (2010 U.S. App. Lexis 17261, 8/16/10) in which a class of...

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AKAI SECURITY AGREES TO 1.62 MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT IN CLASS ACTION PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION SUIT

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology The EEOC announced on 12/1/10 that Akai Security, the the largest provider of...

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LEDBETTER ACT DOES NOT APPLY TO PENSION CHECKS

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology In a ruling on an issue of first impression, the EEOC ruled on November 30, 2010 that...

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SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW DUKES V. WAL-MART

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology Not surprisingly, the Supreme Court agreed to review the 9th Circuit en banc ruling...

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OFCCP Sues Meyer Tool, Inc. for Systemic Discrimination

In a release dated November 23, 2010, the OFCCP filed an administrative complaint against Meyer Tool. Meyer Tool is a federal contractor that...

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OFCCP Sends Fall CSAL Notices to Federal Contractors This Week

DCI has learned that this week, federal contractors are beginning to receive Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs) addressed to the chief...

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OFCCP Settles Sex Discrimination Case With Gruma Corp

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology OFCCP announced a $167,000 settlement agreement in a sex discrimination claim with...

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New Edition of EEO Law and Personnel Practices is Available

by Eric Dunleavy, Ph.D., Senior Consultant, DCI Consulting Group For those of you looking for an excellent and current EEO/AA reference, the newest...

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Final Settlement in Velez V. Novartis

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology In May 2010 we reported the results of a 5-week jury trial in Velez v. Novartis Corp....