Proposed HUD rule would allow disparate impact claims 
Published: November 22, 2011
Tags: Department of Housing and Urban Development, disparate impact, Fair Housing Act
WASHINGTON – The Department of Housing and Urban Development has proposed a regulation authorizing disparate impact claims under the Fair Housing Act.
Justices to decide if FHA allows disparate impact suits
Published: November 7, 2011
Tags: civil rights, disparate impact, Fair Housing Act
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether disparate impact claims are cognizable under the Fair Housing Act.
Black firefighter can pursue disparate-impact claim
Published: August 18, 2011
Tags: disparate impact, disparate treatment, employment discrimination, Ricci v. Destefano, Title VII
An African-American firefighter can proceed with a Title VII claim alleging that a promotional exam had a disparate impact on minorities – even though his employer argued that its actions were necessary to avoid disparate-treatment liability, the 2nd Circuit has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
Popular job-screening practice provokes new lawsuits
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: January 27, 2011
Tags: background checks, credit checks, credit screening, disparate impact, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Kaplan Higher Education
Employers are coming under increasing scrutiny and are now facing freshly filed lawsuits over credit screenings of job applicants.
EEOC cracks down on background check-related job bias claims
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: August 13, 2010
Tags: background checks, credit checks, disparate impact, EEOC, employment discrimination
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is stepping up scrutiny of hiring policies – including the use of criminal background and credit checks – that can have a negative impact on members of minority groups.
Disparate impact case creates more confusion
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: May 26, 2010
Tags: disparate impact, employment discrimination, Supreme Court
Almost a year after ruling in Ricci v. DeStefano that an employer cannot simply ignore entrance exam results that exclude a large percentage of minority job applicants, the U.S. Supreme Court has handed down another decision allowing a disparate impact claim to be brought by black applicants who say they were excluded based on the results of an application test.
Plaintiff can bring bias claim without prior challenge
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: May 24, 2010
Tags: disparate impact, employment discrimination, statute of limitations, Supreme Court
A plaintiff who did not file a timely charge challenging the adoption of an employment practice may still assert a disparate impact claim challenging the application of that practice as long as he can make a prima facie disparate impact case, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: May 24, 2010
Tags: disparate impact, employment discrimination, statute of limitations, Supreme Court
A plaintiff who did not file a timely charge challenging the adoption of an employment practice may still assert a disparate impact claim challenging the application of that practice.
See “Plaintiff can bring bias claim without prior challenge.”
U.S. Supreme Court. Lewis v. Chicago, No. 08-974. May
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EEOC: Job credit checks could pose bias charge risk
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: April 6, 2010
Tags: disparate impact, employment discrimination, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Title VII
WASHINGTON – The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has released a legal advisory letter warning that the use of credit checks to screen job applicants could be unlawful if it leads to the disproportionate exclusion of women, minorities and other protected group members.
Black firefighter sues over New Haven promotion test
By:
Justin Rebello
Published: October 16, 2009
Tags: disparate impact, disparate treatment, Title VII
A black New Haven, Conn., firefighter has filed a federal lawsuit against the city over a promotion exam that was the subject of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Ricci v. DeStefano in June.
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