Labor & Employment Law

Carle on A Social Movement History of Title VII Disparate Impact Analysis
A Social Movement History of Title VII Disparate Impact Analysis is a new paper by Susan Carle, American University Washington College of Law. Only this abstract is posted: The U...

Roberts on Disparate Impact the (Mis)Use of Batson
Anna Roberts (NYU School of Law) has posted Disparately Seeking Jurors: Disparate Impact and the (Mis)Use of Batson (UC Davis Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article ...

Ricci v. DeStefano: End of the Line or Just Another Turn on the Disparate Impact Road
Reports of the death of Title VII?s disparate impact theory of discrimination in the wake of Ricci v. DeStefanomay be exaggerated.  Widely praised and widely criticized in the newspapers and the blogosphere, Ricci is the latest, but not the last, chapter in a long-running feud between Congress and the Supreme Court regarding… Read More »

EEOC Proposes Rule Addressing Disparate Impact Claims Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
The EEOC recently issued proposed regulations addressing disparate impact claims under the ADEA.  The proposed rule addresses the Supreme Court ruling in Smith v. City of Jackson 544 U...

Seiner and Gutman on Ricci and the New Disparate Impact
Joseph Seiner (South Carolina) and Benjamin Gutman have posted on SSRN their forthcoming article, The New Disparate Impact, 90 B.U. L. Rev (forthcoming 2010). Here's the abstract: Federal law has long prohibited not just intentional discrimination by employers, but also...

SCOTUS: Firefighters win disparate impact case
Lewis v. City of Chicago (US Supreme Ct 05/24/2010): The City administered a written test to firefighter job applicants in 1995. The City notified applicants of the results at the end of January 1996...

Mirrors
Recalled Due to Impact and Laceration Hazards