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by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn May 3, 2011 Judge Arthur J. Schwab of the District Court of Western Pennsylvania ordered the EEOC and Kronos Inc. to split the costs (estimated at $75,000) of complying with a...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyAs reported in a May 2010 alert, the Supreme Court unanimously opined that the plaintiffs in Lewis v. Chicago may proceed to trial with their adverse impact challenge to written exams...

I believe that the 2nd Circuit ruling in this case as relates to affirmative action is both confusing and, based on prior Supreme Court precedents, incorrect. Bare with me as I explain. Let’s begin by comparing the rulings in United Steelworkers v....

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyI guess that’s appropriate since the 2nd Circuit was the “victim” of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Ricci v. Destefano (2009). Recall that in Ricci, the 2nd Circuit endorsed the City of...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn April 26, 2011, the OFCCP proposed a rule requiring federal contractors to establish annual benchmarks for hiring veterans under the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyUnder a proposed rule by the OFCCP on April 26, 2011 federal contractors would be required for the first time to establish annual benchmarks for hiring veterans. In an interview on April...

by David Cohen, President, DCI ConsultingThe OFCCP is requesting OMB approval to make changes to its current scheduling letter and itemized listing. As most of you are aware, the scheduling letter lists the 11 items needed to submit to OFCCP within...

The 26th Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) was held April 14-16, 2011 in Chicago, IL. Attendees and presenters from a variety of industries and backgrounds took part in the event. As is typically...

Yesterday OFCCP formally announced a proposed rule to strengthen affirmative action requirements for protected veterans. The announcement can be found below:

News Release

OFCCP News Release: [04/25/2011]Contact Name: Michael Volpe or Gloria Della...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a lawsuit filed on April 19, 2011, United Space Alliance (USA) sued the DOL and OFCCP challenging a Final DOL Order for USA to produce documents or face suspension of current and...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyAs reported by BNA, Philadelphia PA Mayor Michael A. Nutter signed the so-called “Ban the Box” bill on April 13, 2011 prohibiting both public and private employers from divulging their...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyAs reported in an alert on March 30, 2011, two of our DCI colleagues (David Morgan & Eileen Curtayne) attended oral arguments held a day earlier Wal Mart v. Dukes. I will assume the...