Outten & Golden LLP Blog Post: The First Circuit holds that ten African American police officers presented sufficient evidence to prove that police department drug testing using hair samples had a disparate impact on the basis of race, in violation of Title VII. The parties are remanded to the district court to determine, among other things, whether the use of hair samples is a reliable test, or generates too many false positives among black test subjects.
Posted on: Thu, 08 May 2014 16:32:45 +0000