In Decmeber 2009, the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut settled a reverse discrimination lawsuit with 11 white and 1 Hispanic firefighters relating to a promotion exam. The original weightings on the exam (50% written, 45% oral & 5% seniority) were...
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The Supreme Court’s ruling in Ricci v. DeStafano (June 29, 2009) is discussed by Gutman and Dunleavy in the October, 2009 issue of TIP (The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist). The City of New Haven, Connecticut discarded a promotion exam for...
Dr. Arthur Gutman, Professor of Psychology at Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), is the new editor of DCI’s semi-monthly client alerts. Art is author of “EEO Law and Personnel Practices” (Sage, 2000, 2nd Ed) and originator of “On The Legal Front...
OFCCP has announced the addition of Marika Litras, Ph.D. as Director of Operations, OFCCP in the Pacific region. Marika Litras has been a Statistician with OFCCP’s Division of Statistics & Technology since May, 2004, stationed in the Pacific...
The Department of Homeland Security has posted on its website that federal contractors (and subcontractors) will be required to use E Verify (Executive Order 12989) as of September 8, 2009. President Bush amended the new rule by on June 6, 2008,...