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Thomas M. Dowd joins OFCCP as Director of the Division of Program Operations where he will oversee the Functional Affirmative Action Program Unit and DPO’s three branches: Enforcement and Appeals, Field Liaison Operations and Technical Assistance,...

The case is Randall v. Rolls Royce, decided on March 12, 2010. The facts of this case are hardly extraordinary. Two named plaintiffs at Rolls Royce sued for systemic sex discrimination under Title VII and unequal pay for equal work under the Equal...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a press release on 1/11/11, the EEOC reported a record number of discrimination claims in the private sector for FY 2010, which ended on September 30, 2010. The actual number was...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a settlement announced by the EEOC with Denver Hotel Management Co., the company agreed to a $105,000 settlement for failure to promote Renate Rivelli for sex-plus discrimination in...

by Fred Satterwhite, Senior Consultant, DCI Consulting GroupToday's Federal Register includes OFCCP's notice proposing to rescind two guidance documents originally published in 2006 that addressed compensation discrimination, commonly referred to as...

On December 21, 2010, the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) concluded its review of OFCCP's "Notice of Proposed Rescission, Interpreting Nondiscrimination Requirements of Executive Order...

OFCCP and other U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) agencies published their Fall 2010 regulatory agendas on December 20, 2010. The agenda is published twice a year and includes planned rulemaking actions for the agency for the next 6-12 months.

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OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu officially discontinued the agency's Active Case Management (ACM) process on December 2, 2010 by rescinding Directive Number 285 as recommended by the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force in July, 2010. The Task...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe case is Stagi v. AMTRAK (2010 U.S. App. Lexis 17261, 8/16/10) in which a class of women alleged that a policy of requiring union employees to have one year of service in a current...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe EEOC announced on 12/1/10 that Akai Security, the the largest provider of contract security services to the federal government, will pay $1.62 million to a class of 26 female...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a ruling on an issue of first impression, the EEOC ruled on November 30, 2010 that the Ledbetter Act does not apply to pension checks (Brakeall v. EPA, EEOC, No. 0120093805,...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyNot surprisingly, the Supreme Court agreed to review the 9th Circuit en banc ruling in Dukes v. Wal-Mart (Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes, U.S., No. 10-277, cert. granted 12/6/10). The...