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Affirmative Action
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Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
OFCCP To Send Out CSAL Letters As Early As Next Week
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) performs compliance audits reviewing numerous federal contractors' affirmative action plans and practices on a yearly basis. A number of organizations are reporting…
Global Workplace Insider
Important changes to Employment Equity Act
This article was written by Michelle Naidoo, director at Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa The Employment Equity Amendment Act was published on 16 January 2014. The amendments will come into…
The Contractor's Perspective
OFCCP’s new hiring policies under attack
By Terry Potter
New OFCCP rules amending the nondiscrimination and affirmative action provisions of the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment and Assistance Act and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act are expected to be…
Education Law Prof Blog
The Obama Administration’s Misunderstanding About the Connection Between Higher Education and K-12 Diversity
By Derek Black
Civil Rights advocates have been less than enamoured with the Obama administration's approach to diversity in K-12 education, but credit goes to the administration on higher education. DOJ's briefs in…
Banking & Finance Law Report
Banking & Finance Law Report Top 10: News and Trends from 2013
2013 was an active year for the Banking & Finance Law Report. Our authors covered a wide range of topics — from legislative and regulatory changes to court opinions to…
Employee Benefits Law Report
Join Us for Our Upcoming Webinar: Are You Ready for the New OFCCP Regulations?
If you are a federal contractor or subcontractor, you will want to be sure your team is ready to handle its expanded affirmative opportunity requirements. Consider participating in Porter Wright’s…
Employment Law Landscape
2014 Legislative Developments
This Alert highlights certain federal law developments as well as those occurring in Illinois, California, New York and Georgia that will affect employers in 2014. No significant employment-related statutory developments…
Education Law Prof Blog
New Rules for Affirmative Action? Oral Arguments at the Fifth Circuit Suggest So by Scott Greytak
By Derek Black
Just last month, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held a new round of oral arguments regarding Abigail Fisher’s ongoing claim that the University of Texas at Austin (“UT”) rejected…
Appellate Advocacy Blog
Law Professor Wins Case For Release Of Bar Exam Data
A battle that seems to have lasted the past decade will continue well into the next one. in 2004, UCLA Law Professor Richard Sander published a controversial article in the…
The Faculty Lounge
12 Years a Slave: Race in Supreme Court Decisions
The second in a two-part post on my reaction to the movie "12 Years a Slave." See Part One Here. How much of slavery’s dreadfulness do we see in our…