Message-ID: <2987823.1075853113201.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 08:46:14 -0700 (PDT) From: laquitta.washington@enron.com To: bonne.castellano@enron.com, a..hope@enron.com, rick.johnson@enron.com, sandra.lighthill@enron.com, michelle.cash@enron.com, ann.matson@enron.com Subject: Weekly EEAC Mailings Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Washington, LaQuitta X-To: Castellano, Bonne , Hope, Valeria A. , Johnson, Rick , Lighthill, Sandra , Cash, Michelle , Matson, Jo ann X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \MCASH (Non-Privileged)\Cash, Michelle\General Research X-Origin: Cash-M X-FileName: MCASH (Non-Privileged).pst The following EEAC Mailings have been added to the O:\HR\OLER\Everyone\EEAC Mailings\2001 Mailings Directory. 01-174 Mandatory Resurvey of Incumbent Employees Is Likely in Light of New Federal "Multiple Race" Data Standards; EEAC Offers Some Practical Pointers for Preparing Now In this second in a series of special memoranda designed to help member companies prepare for converting to the federal government's new race and ethnicity data standards, EEAC discusses issues relevant to an expected requirement to resurvey incumbent employees. 01-173 EEOC Withdraws Controversial "Erie County" Guidance on ADEA and Retiree Health Benefits New EEOC Chair Cari Dominguez, in one of her first official acts, joined with her two Commission colleagues in voting to rescind a controversial EEOC position on retiree health benefits that many agree was causing employers to stop offering them. 01-172 The Vexing "Applicant" Issue: EEAC Policy Paper Recommends New Approach to Monitoring Internet-Based Recruitment and Selection Practices for Adverse Impact EEAC's new policy paper addresses the issue of "who is an applicant?" in today's electronic recruiting environment. The paper makes recommendations to key government enforcement agencies, including EEOC and OFCCP, on a less burdensome system for monitoring the modern recruitment and selection process that is in line with applicable legal standards. 01-171 Workplace Homicides Increased in 2000 After Six-Year Decline Workplace deaths due to acts of violence went up last year, reversing a six-year declining trend. The number nevertheless was still well below the five-year average from 1995-99. 01-170 Federal Courts Tending To Put Greater Burden on ADA Plaintiffs Who Allege They Are Substantially Limited in the Major Life Activity of "Working" The federal courts have been less than receptive to ADA plaintiffs who try to establish the law's protection by relying on "working" as the major life activity in which they claim to be substantially limited. 01-169 EEAC's Analysis of EEOC Charge Data Shows Across-the-Board Climb in Harassment Charges Over Last Ten Years Our analysis of data provided by EEOC confirms what many member companies already suspected: the number of harassment charges filed with the agency in all categories is going up, both in raw numbers and as a percentage of all charges filed.