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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs Don’t forget to register for the upcoming ILG national conference scheduled July 29 – August 1, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Orange County. Here is the conference agenda.

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs The EEOC has announced that Tavern on the Green, a New York City restaurant, will pay $2.2 million to settle a harassment and retaliation lawsuit. EEOC’s lawsuit alleged the restaurant engaged in severe and pervasive sexual, racial, and national origin harassment of female, black, and Hispanic employees.

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs EEOC has announced that Wal-Mart will pay $250,000 to settle a disability lawsuit that alleged the company failed to accommodate and then fired a long-time pharmacy technician who suffered a disability resulting from a gunshot wound.

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs South Carolina’s governor has signed H.4400 requiring employers to verify the legal status of employees through the Department of Homeland Security or with a South Carolina driver’s license. The legislation also contains penalties for employers who fail to verify eligibility or who “knowingly and intentionally” hire illegal immigrants.

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs President Bush has amended Executive Order 12989 to require contractors to use an electronic employment verification system designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to confirm the employment eligibility of their workforce. DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff has designated E-Verify as the system to be used under the order. DHS

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs Richard Stana, Director Homeland Security and Justice Issues at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a statement at a recent House Judiciary subcommittee hearing that indicated a mandatory E-Verify program would necessitate an increased capacity at both U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Social Security

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs The U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, has published a proposed rule in the Federal Register addressing nondiscrimination on the basis of disability by public accommodations and in commercial facilities. Written comments are due August 18, 2008.

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Today's post appears on behalf of Dan Biddle, CEO, Biddle Consulting Group, Inc.: Our firm was deeply saddened to hear of the recent passing of Matt Halpern. Biddle Consulting Group, Inc. (BCG) had the privilege to work with Matt Halpern for over four years on multiple projects, including seminars, audits, and related work. I personally had the honor to co-present with Matt at a number of

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs EEOC Issues Informal Discussion Letter on PTSD: The EEOC has issued an informal discussion letter on psychiatric disabilities with behavioral manifestations. The EEOC’s letter was in response to questions from a state employer regarding reasonable accommodation for a veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder. EEOC Issues Informal

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs Governor David A. Paterson has signed a bill into law that will allow criminal punishment of threats made through the display of nooses. The bill classifies the display of a noose to harass or threaten a bias victim as a felony punishable by up to four years in prison. The governor noted, however, that the legislation contains flaws that

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs The EEOC has announced that the New York State Department of Correctional Services will pay nearly $1 million to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the agency and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. The EEOC and the U.S. alleged the Corrections Department had violated federal law by providing inferior

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs The Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 that a federal worker could pursue her lawsuit for retaliation brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). Gomez-Perez sued claiming that her federal employer (U.S. Postal Service) retaliated against her because she filed an EEO complaint alleging age discrimination. Justice Alito wrote

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs Ohio’s governor has signed Senate Bill 289, which establishes the Ohio Department of Veterans Services and ensures employment rights to those serving in the uniformed services.

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs A reminder that the America’s Job Bank Service Center will close on June 30, 2008. OFCCP encourages federal contractors who used AJB for their OFCCP recruitment activities to request a comprehensive compliance report well before the service center ceases operations. Check OFCCP’s notice posted on their home page (scroll to the bottom of

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs On May 19, 2008, the Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) published in the Federal Register a final rule and adopted a new VETS-100 form. The rule implements the requirement under the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) that government contractors track and annually report the number

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs The cruise ship line NCL America, Inc. will pay $485,000 to seven former employees to settle a lawsuit brought by the EEOC alleging the company discharged seven Middle Eastern crew members from various positions on the cruise ship “Pride of Aloha”. As part of the two year consent decree resolving the case, NCL America agrees to pay the

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs The EEOC announced that Rochester Highway Products will pay $375,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the EEOC. The EEOC alleged that the owner, president, vice president and members of the sales staff sexually harassed 18 female employees, including four teenagers. The harassment included inappropriate touching, sexual

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) has introduced the Fair Pay Act of 2008 (S. 2945) requiring that time limits for filing pay discrimination claims begin to run when the employee “knew or should have known” of the discrimination. The bill came a week after the Senate fell four votes short of the 60 votes needed for a Senate floor debate and

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs A Dallas/Fort Worth-based restaurant chain will pay $1 million and furnish significant remedial relief to settle a sex bias lawsuit filed by the EEOC. The lawsuit alleged the restaurant discriminated against a class of male applicants and employees by refusing to hire or promote them to bartender positions. Male applicants and servers had

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs The EEOC announced that Specialty Restaurants Corporation based in Anaheim, California, will pay $625,000 to claimants who alleged they were sexually harassed by inappropriate touching, indecent and offensive comments, and other forms of sexually harassing conduct by co-workers and supervisors. The company owns and operates restaurants

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs We are pleased to pass on an invitation from the Pacific Region ILG to register for the 26th annual Industry Liaison Group National Conference scheduled for July 29, 2008 – August 1, 2008. This year’s annual conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Orange County. Check out the ILG National Conference agenda for a listing of the

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a notice in yesterday’s Federal Register seeking a three-year extension on the approval of the Supply and Service Scheduling Letter. Written comments to the agency must be submitted by July 7, 2008.

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs The EEOC has announced a major settlement of a racial harassment lawsuit for $1,650,000 and significant remedial relief against Conectiv, and subcontractors on behalf of African American employees who were subjected to egregious racial harassment at a construction site in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The agency alleged in its lawsuit that the

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced changes to the E-Verify employment authorization program intended to reduce the mismatch rate. Starting May 5, the E-Verify system will include naturalization data that USCIS says will instantly confirm the citizenship status of naturalized U.S. citizens hired by E-Verify

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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs On April 23, 2008, the Senate voted 56-42 to block debate on the Fair Pay Restoration Act, a bill that would reverse the controversial Supreme Court ruling in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber. Four additional votes were needed to get the bill to the Senate floor for debate and action. The bill is now believed dead for the year unless

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