New Jersey Disparity Study RFI. The New Jersey Department of the Treasury, Division of Purchase and Property issued a Request for Information (RFI) to identify options available to conduct a comprehensive disparity study regarding the State's use of MBEs and WBEs as contractors and subcontractors for construction and procurement. [NJ Treasury Special Notice]
Time for America to ban racial profiling. One of the biggest movie stars in the world was detained at Newark airport on August 14 when he was allegedly pulled out of a security line and questioned and detained for over 1 and 1/2 hours, apparently because of his Muslim name.
EEOC has revised its "Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law" poster to reflect current federal employment discrimination law (including the ADAAA of 2008) and to add information about the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA). [EEO is the Law poster]
Bias Charges Increase. The U.S. government saw a 2.4 percent increase in complaints alleging employment discrimination in fiscal 2008 compared with fiscal 2007. [www.eeoc.gov - Annual Report FY 2008, Section E]
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