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On Nov. 15, 2012, OFCCP’s Senior Program Advisor Pam Coukos and Mid-Atlantic Regional Director Michele Hodge presented at the Washington Metro Industry Liaison Group (WMILG) meeting. Baltimore District Director Tom Wells and Arlington Area Director...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyWe’ve seen this play before. We reported on USSA’s 4th Amendment challenge in an alert posted on July 17, 2012, and the results of that challenge in an alert posted on 9/24/12. In that...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe case is Vance v. Ball State University and the issue is the definition of supervisor. Oral arguments were held on 11/26/12.

Diana Sen is an Associate Counsel for Latino Justice PRLDEF, formerly the Puerto Rican Legal Defense & Education Fund in New York where she heads their Southeastern U.S....

by Fred Satterwhite, Principal Consultant, DCI Consulting GroupOFCCP's new Functional Affirmative Action Program (FAAP) approval process- introduced with much fanfare by the agency in June, 2011- was approved by the Office of Management and Budget's...

Last week, the OFCCP sent out letters to federal contractors and subcontractors as “courtesy” notification of a supply and service compliance evaluation. Historically, the OFCCP sends a Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letter (CSAL) to the...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyWe reported in an alert on August 20, 2011 that District Court Judge Sean F. Cox ordered the EEOC to pay 2.6 million dollars for attorneys’ fees and costs in the case of EEOC v. Cintas...

The study was published by Andreas Liebbrant and John A. List on August 23, 2012 and is entitled Do Women Avoid Salary Negotiations? Evidence From A Large-Scale Natural Field Experiment [NBER working paper #18511]. The first author graciously sent...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe report is based on data from college graduates in 2007 and 2008 that were employed full time a year after their graduation. The report may be viewed at: ...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe report documents employment trends for the 4th quarter 2008 through the 3rd quarter 2012. The report compares employment trends for Gulf War II Veterans (GWII) and other veterans to...

First some background --- As we first reported in an alert dated August 4, 2011, an ALJ ruled in favor of OFCCP and concluded that Orlando Hospital is a federal “subcontractor” subject to OFCCP audit and enforcement actions in OFCCP v. Florida...

by Eric M. Dunleavy Ph.D., Principal Consultant, DCI ConsultingIf you follow this blog regularly, you know that we have been staying busy over the last few months keeping the EEO community updated on various court rulings, settlements, regulatory...