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    Prank Insufficient for Same-Sex Harassment

    by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology On May 20, 2010, Judge Christopher A. Nuechterlein of the Northern District of...

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    MINNESOTA DOC’S “AGE 55 CLIFF” VIOLATES THE ADEA

    by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology On June 4, 2010, Minnesota District Court Judge Paul A. Magnuson ordered the...

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    OFCCP SETTLES HIRING CASE WITH THE WACKENHUT CORP. FOR $290,000

    OFCCP News Release: [06/09/2010] Contact Name: Rich Kulczewski Phone Number: (303) 844-1302 Release Number: 10-0736-DEN US Department of Labor...

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    Supreme Court Favors Plaintiffs in LEWIS V. CHICAGO

    by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology In a long awaited and much anticipated ruling issued on May 24, 2010, the Supreme...

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    NOVARTIS LOSES CLASS ACTION SEX DISCRIMINATION CASE

    by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology On May 17, 2010, a jury awarded nearly 3.4 million dollars to 12 named female...

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    HOMELAND SECURITY VIOLATES REHABILITATION ACT BY ASKING INAPPROPRIATE MENTAL-HEALTH QUESTIONS

    by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology In a ruling issued on May 3, 2010 by Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz of the Southern...

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    DOL's E.O. 13496 Final Rule Published

    On May 20, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will publish its final rule implementing Executive Order 13496 and prescribing the size, form, and...

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    Checking in With Ricci: Briscoe V. City of New Haven

    by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology Michael Briscoe was one of the black applicants for promotion to lieutenant in the...

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    RICCI’S TENTACLES EXPANDED

    by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology In NAACP v. North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue (2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40067), the...

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    OFCCP Threatens Sanctions Against AstraZeneca on Sex-Based Wage Differences

    by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology Lorraine McCarthy, staff writer for BNA, reported on May 17, 2010 that OFCCP has...

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    Wal-Mart Agrees to Multi-Million Settlement in California Wage-Hour Class Action

    by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology Wal-Mart agreed to a settlement of up to 86 million dollars for 232,000 employees...

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    Third-Party Sexual Harassment in Prisons

    by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology On May 7 2010, the 11th Circuit affirmed a district court judgment of $630,000 for 14...

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