Should Old Dismissals Be Forgot: EEOC Reverses More than A Third of Procedural Dismissals
By Meghan Droste, December 15, 2020 Somehow, despite it still feeling like it’s just April or May, it’s that time of year again — time to look back on where we’ve been (at home) and what we’ve done (a lot of video calls). In that spirit, this month I’m highlighting an...The Good News: A Letter to Santa
By Ann Boehm, December 15, 2020 Dear Santa: I think I have been very good this year, although 2020 needs to be on the naughty list. I hope you and Mrs. Claus are doing OK during the pandemic. For Christmas this year, here are some Federal employment law things I’d...Schedule F, Politicized Policy or Top-to-Bottom Transformation?
By Michael Rhoads, December 15, 2020 The Trump administration is looking to make sweeping changes to federal employment by introducing a new schedule which could, if fully implemented, convert career conditional employees to at-will employees. In the Executive Order,...Don’t Throw Out the Baby With the Bath Water
By Barbara Haga, December 15, 2020 This expression is bizarre – who would lose track of their baby in the bath? It is interesting, though. I did a bit of research. The phrase is German in origin and by the 1600s, it was commonly used and appeared in writings of...Tips from the Other Side: Reassignments and Reasonable Accommodation
By Meghan Droste, December 15, 2020 We’ve made it, readers. It’s finally the end of 2020 and that seems like as good a time as any to wrap up our ongoing look at reasonable accommodation issues in this space. I’m sure we’ll touch on them again at some point in 2021,...Upcoming Events
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