EEOC recently sued BMW Manufacturing and Dollar General alleging that their use of criminal background checks resulted in discrimination against African Americans. The cases highlight the risks associated with the use of criminal background checks...
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July 09, 2013
July 09, 2013
July 09, 2013
The Settlement was announced on 6/28/13 and may be viewed on the EEOC Website at http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/6-28-13c.cfm. The details on this one are skimpy. In 2009, an African American candidate for a truck driver position at a J.B....
July 09, 2013
The federal contractor community has been anticipating a 2013 final rule updating affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations regarding individuals with disabilities. However, it may also be useful to think about what is currently required...
July 09, 2013
The ruling was handed down on 6/24/13 [2013 U.S. LEXIS 4703]. The issue of whether an alleged harasser is a supervisor or co-worker is important because employers have vicarious liability for supervisors, but must know, or have a basis for knowing,...
The ruling was handed down on 6/24/13 [2013 U.S. LEXIS 4701]. In a 7-1 vote (with Justice Kagan not participating), the Court decided that the district used the wrong standard for ruling summary judgment for the university, which, the 5th Circuit...
June 18, 2013
In our first Outreach to Veterans blog, we focused on developing a veteran recruitment strategy that considered resources available to you and how to maximize them. In addition, tips and resources were provided to ramp up your outreach efforts. To...
June 18, 2013
June 18, 2013
Art recently described a pay equity ruling that was declined for review by the Supreme Court. At the heart of the ruling was the difference between pay equity under Title VII versus the Equal Pay Act. We thought a follow up blog on the matter would...
Many readers are familiar with the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP), which describe the standards by which EEO regulatory agencies evaluate adverse impact analyses and validation evidence in impact cases. Although these...
