DCI Consulting Blog

by David Cohen, President, DCI Consulting GroupAs described in a previous post, on October 20th EEOC held its first commissioner’s meeting of the year. The topic of interest was the use of credit checks to make employment decisions. The meeting was...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn October 20, 2010, the EEOC held a public meeting to explore the use of credit history in employment selection. There were essentially four major views registered.The first view is...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe Black Satchel Road distribution facility in Charlotte, North Carolina, the second-largest Coca-Cola bottling company in the United States, agreed to a $495,000 settlement to be...

by David Cohen, President, DCI Consulting GroupOFCCP’s fiscal year ended on Thursday, September 30th, marking the close of the second year under the Obama administration. During the 2010 fiscal year, the OFCCP proposed many regulatory and policy...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyWe reported on Rounds 1 and 2 of this case on May 17, 2010. To refresh your memory, the NAACP challenged a residency requirement for firefighter candidates that excluded applicants...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe case is Young v. Covington & Burling LLP [2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 94579, 9/9/10] in which Yolanda Young, a black female attorney, sued her former employer (a law firm) on grounds that...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe case is Finch v. Peterson [2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 18954, 9/10/10] in which three white police officers sued officials in the City of Indianapolis for reverse discrimination on grounds...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyJudge Rudy Lazano of the District Court for the Northern Division of Indiana ruled that cancer is a disability under the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) even if it is in remission (Hoffman v....

WASHINGTON D.C. - The Center for Corporate Equality (CCE) has released its expert Technical Advisory Report on Adverse Impact Analysis.

Overview

Although determining whether selection, promotion, and termination decisions result in adverse impact...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThere were four interesting religion cases in August, each of which was decided in favor of the defendants.In Xodus v. Wackenhut [2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 17917, 8/27/10], Xodus, who was...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThree recent age discrimination cases caught my attention, each for different reasons. One case was decided under California State law (Reid v. Google [50 Cal. 4th 512, 8/5/10]), and the...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn Gutierrez v. Johnson & Johnson (2006) [467 F.supp 2d 403], four named plaintiffs sought class certification for approximately 8,600 black or Hispanic employees. The suit originated in...