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8TH CIRCUIT DEFERS TO EMPLOYER’S JUDGMENT ON WHAT CONSTITUTES AN ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTION

To claim protected class membership under the ADA, the individual must prove (a) disability within the meaning of the law (an impairment that...

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DCI Staff Attend SIOP’s 28th Annual Conference Held In Houston

The 28th Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) was held April 11-13, 2013 in Houston, TX. Attendees...

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DISTRICT COURT AFFIRMS UPMC HOSPITALS ARE FEDERAL SUBCONTRACTORS

Three hospitals affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) were considered subcontractors by District Court Judge Friedman on...

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Court Finds Stock Statistics Sufficient for Systemic Discrimination Whereas Applicant Flow Data are Unnecessary

The case is EEOC v. Bass Pro Outdoor World (BPOW) decided on March 18, 2013 by District Court Judge Keith B. Ellison of the District of Texas,...

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Compliance Evaluations: From Courtesy Letter to Scheduling Letter

Given the recent wave of OFCCP courtesy letters sent to federal contractors this month, we thought a short review of the process in moving from...

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OFCCP Audit Punch List

Given the recent wave of OFCCP courtesy and scheduling letters, we thought that a blog on early preparations in the OFCCP audit process would be of...

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U.S. Census Bureau Releases Disability Employment Tabulation

In an announcement released on March 14th, the U.S. Census Bureau discussed the unemployment rate of workers with disabilities based on the new...

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Outreach to Veterans: Are You Meeting Your Obligations?

Federal contractors and subcontractors that are covered under the Vietnam Era Veteran’s Readjustment Act of 1974 (VEVRAA) are required to take...

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Race/Ethnicity Subgroup Analysis in Compensation Analyses: A Change in OFCCP Protocol

OFCCP’s recent webinars on Directive 307 stated that compensation investigations will focus on individual race/ethnicity differences. If that is the...

Issued Courtesy Letters Take Place of CSAL

OFCCP recently issued a large wave of announcement letters, as noted in the blog last week. These letters are in the form of the same “courtesy”...

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Criminal Background Checks to Get A Close Look

In the past year, both EEOC and OFCCP have given notice that they will be carefully watching employers’ policies on hiring criminal offenders. In...

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What Changed With Directive 307?

OFCCP’s Directive 307 outlines policies for evaluating compensation data that depart in three primary ways from guidance presented in the rescinded...