U.S. Supreme Court Disparate Impact Case Creates More Confusion
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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.
The ruling in Lewis v. Chicago is being hailed by employee and civil rights advocates who say it will help ensure that applicants of color are not excluded from the workplace.See the full content of this document
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U.S. Supreme Court Disparate Impact Case Creates More Confusion
According to John Payton, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, who argued the Lewis case on behalf of the applicants, the decision "should ensure that no other fire department or employer uses a discriminatory test."
But othe...See the full content of this document
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