This week OFCCP announced a pair of settlements in cases alleging systemic hiring discrimination. The payment of back wages to, and commitment to hire allege victims, were part of the settlements in both cases. In the most recent settlement, OFCCP alleged a contractor with $35 million in federal contracts denied jobs to 145 female applicants
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OFCCP Settles Another Case Involving Allegations of Hiring Discrimination
Continuing its focus on applicant-to-hire-adverse impact, OFCCP announced today a settlement with a New Jersey contractor involving allegations of hiring discrimination against women, African Americans and Asian Americans.
In its press release, OFCCP indicated the contractor aggreed to pay close to $325,000 to a class of nearly 230 applicants who applied for warehouse positions…
Recent OFCCP Settlements Highlight the Agency’s Continued Focus on Applicant-to-Hire Adverse Impact
Despite OFCCP’s recent focus on compensation discrimination, pre-employment testing and good faith efforts for veterans and disabled individuals, the agency continues to investigate and enforce standard hiring discrimination cases. Two recent OFCCP settlement agreements resolving allegations of hiring discrimination, while not the largest of OFCCP settlements, reinforce OFCCP’s continued commitment to investigate applicant-to-hire adverse impact.
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A Judge Who Understands Statistics – Apsley v. Boeing: An Age Discrimination Pattern or Practice Discrimination Case Where the Federal Court of Appeals Takes a Close Look at Plaintiff’s Statistics
In the recent Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals case, Apsley v. Boeing Co., the Court rejected statistical evidence offered by a class of approximately 700 older workers because the evidence inappropriately lumped together thousands of hiring decisions.
Plaintiffs’ statistical evidence analyzed the multi-facility workforce together as a whole and concluded there were five standard deviations…