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by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology On August 16, 2011 OPM Director John Berry and EEOC Chair Jacqueline A. Berrien issued a memorandum to all civilian federal employees during EEOC's Examining Conflicts in Employment Law...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe purpose of this alert is to further explain the distinction between the McDonnell Douglas scenario for individual disparate treatment claims versus the Teamsters scenario for...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology In a ruling handed down on August 4, 2011, 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 [2011...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyI reported on the district court ruling on this case in a DCI Alert dated May 17, 2010. To refresh your memory, Michael Briscoe was an applicant for lieutenant in the Ricci v. DeStefano...

Following the completed OMB review of OFCCP’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for a new Compensation Data Collection Tool, OFCCP will issue its ANPRM for the tool in the August 10, 2011 edition of the Federal Register. The agency notes...

The 29th Annual National Conference for the Industry Liaison Group (ILG) was held July 25 – 29, 2011 in New Orleans, LA. This annual conference brings together members of the federal contracting community to discuss affirmative action and equal...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe EEOC announced on July 28 that it gave notice of its intention to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) its intent to submit the recordkeeping requirement in the...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe agreement relates to a charge of discrimination in hiring against Hispanic, African American and females for the position of material handler. Alcoa Mills will make $484,656.19 in...

OFCCP has had a long standing position (although never tested) that TRICARE reimbursement (medical services and supplies to active duty and retired military personnel) established coverage as a supply and service contract under Executive Order...

by Fred Satterwhite, Principal Consultant, DCI Consulting Group*** UPDATE: The ANPRM was published in the Federal Register on August 10, 2011. Public comments are due by October 11, 2011.On August 3, 2011, the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB)...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyAccording to several sources, Wal-Mart has no objection to extending the deadline for 90 days so as to reestablish a presumably smaller portion of the class that was decertified by the...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe Bill (H.R. 2243) passed the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs July 28 and was introduced by Representative Jerry McNerney (Dem,...