by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn 1/18/12, Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) introduced H.R. 3791 requiring public companies to disclose their pay brackets and how many women and minorities fall within them. This bill would...
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January 19, 2012
DCI Consulting is excited to release its 2012 Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action (AA) Training program. This program is catered toward HR practitioners, compliance analysts, and lawyers in both internal and external counsel...
January 19, 2012
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe EEOC announced on 1/11/12 that Pepsi Beverages has agreed to a 1.3 million settlement to head off litigation (see http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/1-11-12a.cfm). Most of the...
January 11, 2012
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyBoA Suffers a Loss that Likely Benefits All Federal Contractors in the FutureBoA issued a 4th Amendment challenge to an OFCCP request for information for an on-site review under the...
January 04, 2012
The results of the GAO study were reported by USA Today columnist Mary Beth Marklein on 12/28/11. According to Marklein, the study was done at the request of three members of the House of Representatives. The main allegation is that the DOJ has...
December 08, 2011
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn 10/9/09, a letter written to the EEOC asked the following question:
[Does] the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA), prohibit...
November 30, 2011
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe complaint was filed on 11/29/11 with the OFCCP’s Office of Administrative Law Judges (see http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ofccp/OFCCP20111648.htm). It alleges that Cargill...
November 18, 2011
by Eric Dunleavy, Ph.D., DCI Consulting GroupOn November 16th the EEOC held their last public meeting of calendar year 2011. I was able to attend the meeting, which focused on (1) ADEA regulations and (2) disabled veteran equal employment...
November 18, 2011
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn an unusual show of bipartisan support, the Senate voted 95-0 on 11/10/11 to pass the “Vow to Hire Heroes Act” (or simply the “Act”). The Act is designed to help unemployed veterans...
November 18, 2011
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe refusal to grant certiorari in this case was handed down on 11/14/11 (2011 U.S. LEXIS 8265). Ordinarily, refusal to grant certiorari is no big deal … indeed, it’s the norm, not the...
November 15, 2011
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe proposed rules (or simply “Rules”) were published on 2/18/10, as reported in an Alert on 3/2/10. The Rules may be viewed at https://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-3126.htm. The...
