Race Bias: How the Supreme Court’s Ruling in Ricci Will Change Your Policies
Race Bias Audio Conference on CD
The U.S. Supreme Court has just issued a hotly contested decision in the Ricci v. DeStefano case – ruling by a 5-4 margin that city officials in New Haven, Connecticut, violated federal race bias laws when they threw out the results of promotional exams in which minority firefighters scored lower than their white counterparts.
The majority ruled that the city made an illegal race-based decision not to promote the white firefighters, given their higher test scores. But the other justices noted that the fire department feared lawsuits from African-American and Hispanic firefighters who failed to qualify for promotions.
Sounds like a Catch-22, doesn’t it? Well, it is.
Order this important 90-minute audio conference recording on this crucial new case. Our speaker–an experienced employment attorney who regularly writes about HR issues for Inc. magazine–explains the Ricci ruling and its effect on your workplace.
You and your colleagues will learn:
- The basics of the Ricci v. DeStefano ruling–and what it means, in plain English, for you as an employer
- How to deal with the “darned if you do, darned if you don’t” nature of the race bias rules
- How race bias can lead to costly problems in many different phases of the employment relationship - from recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions to compensation levels and terminations
- The seemingly innocuous ways in which race bias can lead to big trouble (e.g., hiring workers based on video resumes, employment tests, or credit scores that arguably affect minority groups disparately)
- Brand-new types of race bias claims that have surfaced recently–from “sex plus” gender bias lawsuits to allegations of minority employers’ hiring exclusively within their own ethnic groups
- Which strategies for creating a racially diverse, hostile-free workplace have proved the most practical and cost-effective for employers
- How you can train your managers and your frontline employees to recognize and report race bias issues before they get out of hand
- The biggest mistakes employers make in dealing with race bias on the job–and how you can avoid them
This audio conference was recorded on Friday, August 7, 2009
About Your Speaker:
Nancy M. Cooper, Esq., is a partner in the labor and employment group of the law firm Garvey Schubert Barer. A former business owner, she brings her experience and insight to the unique employment issues faced by companies and uses a practical approach to dealing with those issues. She provides employers with labor and employment counsel, including crafting and enforcing discrimination and harassment policies, executive compensation packages, contracts, noncompetition and confidentiality agreements, and other personnel management issues. Since 2006, Cooper has served as a human resources columnist for Inc. magazine. She earned her law degree from Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College.
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