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UPDATE: The House bill passed on July 31, 2007.

Democrats are expected to introduce legislation in the U.S. Senate this week to overturn the Supreme Court’s ruling in a highly controversial pay discrimination lawsuit (Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire &...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe Supreme Court has issued a long-awaited decision that will make it harder for workers to sue their employers for pay discrimination (Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company).The...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsDavid Cohen, President of DCI Consulting Group Inc. reports that contractors have noticed a change in the compensation screen used by OFCCP at the desk audit stage in the Mid-Atlantic region.

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsDavid Cohen, President of DCI Consulting Group Inc., and other well known experts will participate on a lively and highly interactive systemic compensation panel at the ILG National...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsMorgan Stanley & Inc. and plaintiffs’ law firms announced a multi-million dollar settlement of a discrimination lawsuit on behalf of approximately 2,700 female Financial Advisors and...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe Committee on Education and Labor Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing on April 24, 2007 on the proposed “Paycheck Fairness Act” (H.R. 1338), which was introduced...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsDavid Cohen, President of DCI Consulting Group Inc., and Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs attended a hearing on April 12, 2007 conducted by the Senate Committee on...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsSystemic discrimination and testing are key priorities for federal agencies enforcing federal EEO law, according to government attorneys speaking at the American Bar Association’s National...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsLegislation was introduced in the U.S. House and Senate on March 6, 2007 designed to eliminate wage discrimination and pay disparities in the workplace.The proposed “Paycheck Fairness Act”...

By Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsLaw professor Jeffrey Lax has written a thought provoking article in the New York Law Journal and published on law.com that poses an interesting question for employers. If minority and women...

A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the certification of a class-action lawsuit against Wal-Mart, which alleged that as many as 1.5 million current and former female employees were discriminated against in pay and promotions (Dukes v....

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced the final approval of a settlement of discrimination claims against Quietflex Manufacturing Company, L.P., which produces flexible air conditioning ducts and component products. U.S....