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by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Psychology Generally, federal courts can only hear claims arising under federal law. However,...
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by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Psychology In Smith v. City of Jackson (2005), the Supreme Court ruled that adverse impact is a...
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by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Psychology In Gross v. FBL (2009) (see http://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/08-441.html), the Supreme...
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by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Psychology In EEOC v. CRST Van Expedited [2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11125], decided February 9,...
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by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Psychology The case was about a firefighter entry-level exam administered to 26,000 applicants...
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by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Psychology The case is Schuler v. PricewaterhouseCoopers, decided on February 16, 2010. The case...
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by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Psychology On January 21, 2010 Linda S. Chapman, a Labor Department Administrative Law Judge...
On January 21, 2010, Linda S. Chapman, a Labor Department ALJ ruled that Bank of America (BOA) discriminated against black applicants for four...
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The first of five FAQs summarizes the Ricci ruling and the remaining four address whether Ricci affects how OFCCP will conduct compliance...
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In a ruling handed down on January 11, 2010 (Harrison v. Benchmark Electronics [2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 632; 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C 416] the 11th...
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On January 6, 2010, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that the City of Chicago is considering scrapping its entry exam. This article, written by Fran...
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In Decmeber 2009, the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut settled a reverse discrimination lawsuit with 11 white and 1 Hispanic firefighters relating to...