by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe Case is Hall v. Walsh Construction decided on August 9, 2012 [2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 112111] by Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow of the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. The...
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August 22, 2012
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe Case is Harty v. City of Sanford (Florida), decided on August 8, 2012 [2012 U.S. Dist. Lexis 111121] by Judge Gregory A. Presnell of the Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division....
August 22, 2012
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe ruling was handed down on July 30, 2012 and overturns the lower court (see http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2012/07/30/10-55866.pdf). The facts are that Mary Bullock,...
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe case is M.O.C.H.A. v. City of Buffalo, decided in a majority ruling by the 2nd Circuit on July 30, 2012 [2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 15715]. M.O.C.H.A. (“Men of Color Helping All”) sued the...
August 01, 2012
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology
The consent decree, was approved on 7/26/12 by an administrative law judge (see Monsanto consent decree). A compliance review by the OFCCP in February 2006 revealed that Monsanto...
August 01, 2012
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a release dated 7/19/12, the OFCCP announced a settlement with Denver, CO based Leprino Foods, a major producer of mozzarella cheese. The OFCCP alleges that Leprino’s Lemoore West...
August 01, 2012
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe settlement, finalized on 7/17/12, included a class of 486 African American job applicants in relation to alleged racially discriminatory hiring practices (Waters v. Cook’s Pest...
July 17, 2012
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology Cat’s Paw theory stems from a fable by Jean de La Fontaine first published in 1679. In the fable, a monkey dupes a cat into pulling chestnuts from a fire and eats them all as the cat...
July 17, 2012
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology The EEOC announced eight harassment settlements and one court judgment in a 16-day stretch from 6/21/12 to 7/6/12. The cases feature primarily harassment based on sex and race, but...
July 17, 2012
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a press release dated 7/11/12, the EEOC announced it is suing Pace Solano, a Solano County, California disability services provider for rescinding a job offer after a medical exam see...
July 17, 2012
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a prior alert involving Solano Pace, we reported that a disability services provider rescinded an offer of employment following discovery of a physical impairment (partial paralysis...
June 12, 2012
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology
The law was signed by the Governor of Minnesota on April 18, 2012 (see https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/?id=186&doctype=chapter&year=2012&type=0). It permits private, nonpublic...
