Topic
Systemic Discrimination
52 published works
EEOC Year-End Countdown
Employers Beware: EEOC’s 2015 Performance And Accountability Report Reaffirms Its Commitment To High Profile, Systemic Litigation
By Christopher DeGroff, Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., and Jennifer A. Riley On November 19, 2015, the EEOC released its annual 2015 Performance and Accountability Report (“PAR”). The Report reflects the…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
You’re Invited: Systemic Discrimination Under the EEOC and OFCCP
The Department of Labor is increasingly focused on identifying and pursuing claims of systemic discrimination, both in EEOC charge investigations and OFCCP audits. In this type of claim, the government…
Employment & Labor
The EEOC Continues To Struggle To Overcome Case Law Rejecting Its Open-Ended Litigation Strategy
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. The nightmare scenario for a corporate counsel is being on the receiving end of an EEOC lawsuit where the Commission sues on behalf of a…
Workforce Bulletin
EEOC’s 2013 Report Shows Record Breaking Damage Assessments Against Employers
By Epstein Becker Green, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
By: Jamie Friedman This week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the agency responsible for enforcing federal employment anti-discrimination and retaliation laws, released its Fiscal Year 2013 Performance Accountability Report…
Gov Con Employment Exchange
System Check: Adverse Impact Analyses Should Not Be Limited to Minorities and Females
OFCCP recently entered into two hiring settlements where the Agency alleged systemic discrimination against male applicants. These settlements reminds us OFCCP is not just focused on statistical trends against minorities…
EEOC Year-End Countdown
The EEOC Suffers Another Resounding Defeat Due To “Shoot First, Aim Later” Tactics
By Gerald L. Maatman Jr. and Howard M. Wexler In one of the EEOC’s most high profile cases, Chief Judge Loretta Preska of the U.S. District Court of the Southern…
Gov Con Employment Exchange
Complaint Alleges Aggressive, Reaching EEOC Investigations
We’ve previously written that the EEOC appears to be converting allegations of individual claims into nationwide, systemic discrimination investigations and we have yet another example to share with you. According to a recently…
Employment & Labor
The Most Fascinating EEOC Rulings
By Christopher DeGroff and Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. With so much grist to choose from, we recently published an article in Employee Relations Law Journal on “The Top Five Most…
Employment Law Business Guide
The EEOC Continues Its Focus on Systemic Bias: Is Your Company at Risk for a Discrimination Claim?
Systemic discrimination involves a pattern or practice, policy, or class case where the alleged discrimination has a broad impact on an industry, profession, company or geographic area. The Equal Employment…
Gov Con Employment Exchange
OFCCP’s Budget Justification Document Further Emphasizes Enterprise-Wide Focused Reviews
In addition to detailing it's definition of a systemic discrimination case, OFCCP’s 2014 budget justification document also confirms the Agency’s intent to implement an enterprise-wide investigative process (as opposed to…