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Supreme Court Adopts Stricter Test for Proving Retaliation in Title VII Cases
The case is University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar, decided on June 24, 2013 [2013 U.S. LEXIS 4704]. Excuse my delay … I have been...
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OFCCP Begins Posting CSAL Notices Online
Jul 18, 2013, 3:04:00 PM
At last year's Industry Liaison Group (ILG) National Conference in Hawaii, OFCCP Deputy Director Tom Dowd announced that the agency would begin...
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OFCCP'S Disability and Protected Veteran Regulations: Are They Imminent?
Jul 10, 2013, 9:00:00 AM
In our last update on the proposed Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities regulations, we discussed the delayed publication of the...
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UGESP Series Post #1: Defining Employment Decisions and Selection Procedures Under UGESP
Jul 9, 2013, 9:42:00 AM
In our last set of blog posts, we promised a series of posts attending to specific compliance issues related to the Uniform Guidelines on Employee...
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UGESP Series Post #2: Analyzing Selection Decisions
Jul 9, 2013, 9:41:00 AM
In selection systems that leverage more than one procedure and/or tool to make employment decisions, evaluation of disparities becomes complicated,...
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Criminal Background Checks: Guilty Until Proven Valid
Jul 9, 2013, 9:40:00 AM
EEOC recently sued BMW Manufacturing and Dollar General alleging that their use of criminal background checks resulted in discrimination against...
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Am I Underutilized?
Jul 9, 2013, 9:38:00 AM
Federal contractors covered under Executive Order (EO) 11246 are required to conduct several quantitative analyses as part of their affirmative...
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J.B. HUNT SETTLES WITH EEOC ON RACE DISCRIMINATION BASED ON CRIMINAL CONVICTION RECORDS
Jul 9, 2013, 9:35:00 AM
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...
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Interpreting Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act
Jul 9, 2013, 9:35:00 AM
The federal contractor community has been anticipating a 2013 final rule updating affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations regarding...
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SUPREME COURT NARROWS DEFINITION OF “SUPERVISOR” IN VANCE V. BALL STATE RACIAL HARASSMENT CASE
Jul 9, 2013, 9:34:00 AM
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...
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When Good Faith is Not Good Enough – Lessons Leanred From OFCCP Audits
Jul 9, 2013, 9:33:00 AM
In Fiscal Year 2012, 30% of all OFCCP compliance evaluations closed with a technical conciliation agreement. Compare this number to FY 2004, where 5%...
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Supreme Court Punts in Long-Awaited Ruling in Fisher V. University of Texas
Jul 9, 2013, 9:32:00 AM
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...