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Am I Underutilized?
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...
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Outreach to Veterans II: Become A Champion
Jun 18, 2013, 9:57:00 AM
In our first Outreach to Veterans blog, we focused on developing a veteran recruitment strategy that considered resources available to you and how to...
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Implications of Veteran Preference in Hiring
Jun 18, 2013, 9:56:00 AM
In an effort to strengthen regulatory requirements related to veteran affirmative action and nondiscrimination, the OFCCP released in April 2011 a...
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Could you send us job descriptions for all 1,000 of your jobs by next week?
Jun 18, 2013, 9:52:00 AM
Because DCI has noticed an increase in the number of OFCCP requests for copies of job descriptions, we thought this might be a good time to discuss...
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Equal Pay Enforcement: What Do The Laws Say?
Jun 18, 2013, 9:51:00 AM
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...
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Exploring The Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
Jun 18, 2013, 9:49:00 AM
Many readers are familiar with the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP), which describe the standards by which EEO regulatory...
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SIXTH CIRCUIT LEANS ON DUKES V. WAL-MART TO DENY CLASS CERTIFICATION
Jun 18, 2013, 9:47:00 AM
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...