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...
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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...
The case is Davis v. Cintas, decided by the 6th Circuit on 5/30/13 [2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 10856]. This case is very much like Dukes v. Wal-Mart [131 S. Ct. 2541, 112 FEP Cases 769 (2011)], but on a smaller scale. Aside from scale, the claims are...
June 18, 2013
In Moten v. Broward County, Irma Moten, a black female forensic technician with the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office sued for pay discrimination under the EPA and race discrimination under Title VII on the same set of facts: the county hired...
June 04, 2013
As a part of a complete proactive affirmative action program, it is a best practice to conduct disparity (a.k.a. adverse impact) analyses for promotions and terminations personnel activity. Conducting these analytics is not only important in regard...
June 04, 2013
Last week, Art Gutman wrote an interesting blog on US & Vulcan v. NYC, which is a NYC firefighter case involving both pattern or practice and disparate impact allegations. https://dciconsult.com/us-vulcan-society-v-nyc-a-saga-continues/. Recall that...
June 04, 2013
This blog continues the ongoing discussion of the implications of Directive 307 on proactive pay equity analyses. As discussed in an earlier blog, deciding which racial/ethnic subgroups to compare in a pay equity analysis and at which unit of...
June 03, 2013
Over the last few weeks, DCI staff members have written a number of blogs related to OFCCP’s pay equity directive. These blogs have focused on some of the challenges federal contractors will likely face when conducting proactive pay equity research...
