by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn an agreement announced on July 6, 2011, the EEOC reported that Verizon Communications has agreed to a $20 million settlement related to the company’s “no fault” attendance plan (see ...
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July 12, 2011
July 11, 2011 - CCE submitted the following comments on OFCCP’s NPRM for the Veterans AAP regulations and proposed changes to the scheduling letter’s itemized listing. These comments were submitted through www.regulations.gov.CCE Comments on...
July 11, 2011
OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu announced last Thursday, July 7th, the release of their regulatory agenda for this past spring of 2011. In the agenda, OFCCP has ambitiously proposed regulations over the next year for veterans, individuals with...
July 06, 2011
The Equal Employment Advisory Council, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, The Associated General Contractors of America, the Center for Corporate Equality, and the HR Policy Association submitted a letter to the...
by Eileen Curtayne, Ph.D. and Jana Moberg, HR Analysts DCI ConsultingOn June 22, 2011 the EEOC hosted a commission meeting to address potential strategies for identifying and remedying disparate treatment in applicant hiring. According to the...
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyAs noted in a prior alert on June 21, 2011, the Supreme Court ruled against the plaintiffs in Wal-Mart v. Dukes [2011 U.S. LEXIS 4567, 6/2011]. As noted in that alert, the ruling was...
June 28, 2011
June 21, 2011
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn June 20, 2011, the Supreme Court ruled against the Dukes Plaintiffs in Wal-Mart v. Dukes. The ruling was unanimous to the point that the plaintiffs wrongly used Rule 23(b)(2) for...
June 21, 2011
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn the case of OFCCP v. Manheim Auctions Inc. [DOL OALJ, No. 2011-OFC-00005, 6/14/11], ALJ Alan L. Bergstrom addressed the issue of whether Manheim Auctions Government Services LLC...
June 21, 2011
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe case is EEOC v. AutoZone [C.D. Ill., No. 07 C 1154, jury verdict 6/3/11)], in which a jury returned a verdict that AutoZone failed to reasonably accommodate John Shepherd, an auto...
June 21, 2011
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn June 8, 2011, Judge Colleen Kollar-Koteely of the District Court of the District of Columbia approved a 32 million dollar settlement between Wells Fargo and a class of more than 3,000...
June 17, 2011
