$2.8 Million Settlement Shows Employment Testing to be Risky Business

On August 24, 2015, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported that the Target Corporation has agreed to pay $2.8 million to resolve an EEOC charge that three employment assessments formerly used by Target disproportionately screened out applicants for exempt-level professional positions based on race and sex.  Specifically, EEOC alleges that the three tests [...]