Employment-Discrimination Analysis
Economists at the Center for Forensic Economic Studies have extensive experience analyzing liability issues arising in claims of disparate impact in labor and employment matters.
The Center has been called on to provide analysis in terminations-for-cause actions and hiring, promotion and compensation cases. Center statisticians have testified in hundreds of cases for both plaintiffs and defendants and have also been retained as court-appointed experts.
In addition to direct litigation support, Center economists offer employment-compliance audits that help employers identify potential problem areas prior to reductions-in-force (RIFs).
Center for Forensic Economic Studies staff members have written extensively on employment-discrimination analysis and related topics. Articles include:
Avoiding Discrimination Claims Using Pre-RIF Statistical Audits
OFCCP Self Audit Option: A Trojan Horse?
Contact the Center to discuss how we can help you in the analysis of employment discrimination.
Representative employment-discrimination assignments:
Statistical analysis of
liability in a Fair Labor Standards Act claim against a large bank
chartered in several states, including
Statistical analysis of
liability in a Fair Labor Standards Act claim brought by employees of a
regional waste hauler
Disparate-pay analysis for
an international pharmaceutical firm
Adverse-impact analyses
for retailers, universities, manufacturers and government agencies
contemplating reductions in force
Valuation of executive
compensation, including stock options
Back-pay and front-pay
calculations in employment claims involving salary, bonus payments,
employee stock options, defined benefit pensions, defined contribution
pensions, performance-based profit-sharing plans, insurance benefits and
other types of compensation
Economic-damages analysis
in numerous claims brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment
Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with
Disabilities Act and other civil-rights laws
Analysis of claims arising
under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)