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Monsanto Settles With OFCCP on Charges of Sex Discrimination

August 01, 2012

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology

The consent decree, was approved on 7/26/12 by an administrative law judge (see Monsanto consent decree). A compliance review by the OFCCP in February 2006 revealed that Monsanto...

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OFCCP Settles With Leprino Foods on Adverse Impact Charges

August 01, 2012

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a release dated 7/19/12, the OFCCP announced a settlement with Denver, CO based Leprino Foods, a major producer of mozzarella cheese. The OFCCP alleges that Leprino’s Lemoore West...

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Pest Control Company agrees to $2.5 Million Settlement

August 01, 2012

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe settlement, finalized on 7/17/12, included a class of 486 African American job applicants in relation to alleged racially discriminatory hiring practices (Waters v. Cook’s Pest...

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6th Circuit Interprets "Cat's Paw" Theory of Liability in Chattman V. Toho Tenax American, Inc.

July 17, 2012

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology Cat’s Paw theory stems from a fable by Jean de La Fontaine first published in 1679. In the fable, a monkey dupes a cat into pulling chestnuts from a fire and eats them all as the cat...

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EEOC CLAMPS DOWN HARASSMENT

July 17, 2012

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology The EEOC announced eight harassment settlements and one court judgment in a 16-day stretch from 6/21/12 to 7/6/12. The cases feature primarily harassment based on sex and race, but...

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EEOC FILES ADA COMPLAINT AGAINST A DISABILITY PROVIDER

July 17, 2012

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a press release dated 7/11/12, the EEOC announced it is suing Pace Solano, a Solano County, California disability services provider for rescinding a job offer after a medical exam see...

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EEOC SETTLES ADA CLAIM WITH RCC CONSULTANTS

July 17, 2012

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a prior alert involving Solano Pace, we reported that a disability services provider rescinded an offer of employment following discovery of a physical impairment (partial paralysis...

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US SECURITY ASSOCIATES (USSA) CHALLENGES OFCCP

July 17, 2012

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn June 20, 2012, USSA filed an administrative complaint (OFC Case No. 2012-OFC-4) against the OFCCP on grounds that it violated its 4th Amendment rights in engaging in unreasonable...

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DOL Allows OFCCP to Request Data Occurring After a Scheduling Letter

June 13, 2012

by Brendan Cassidy, Contributing Writer

On May 8, 2012, the Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board (ARB) held that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has the authority to request Affirmative Action Plan (AAP)...

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Frito-Lay V. OFCCP: The case continues

June 12, 2012

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyWe have written three prior alerts on this topic. To recap, being six months or more into its plan year, Frito-Lay sent data for the required 12 months (June 2006 through May 2007)...

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MINNESOTA ENACTS QUESTIONABLE STATUTE ON VOLUNTARY PREFERENCE FOR VETERANS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR

June 12, 2012

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology

The law was signed by the Governor of Minnesota on April 18, 2012 (see https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/?id=186&doctype=chapter&year=2012&type=0). It permits private, nonpublic...
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SENATE CONDUCTS HEARING ON CONTRACTORS' HIRING OF VETERANS

June 11, 2012

McCaskill Condemns DOL Statistics

By Joanna Colosimo and Kayo Sady, Consultants at DCI Consulting Group
On Tuesday June 5, Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), chaired a hearing for the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs...
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