Here We Go Again
By William Wiley I am so tired of this. Once more, we have an agency head that is being given bad advice by his employment law practitioners, thereby embarrassing himself and the civil service on Capitol Hill and in the press. Here’s the scenario that repeats itself...Agencies: Bring the Right People to the Table to Talk About Settlement and Make Sure They Have Authority!
By Deryn Sumner As we’ve talked about a few times in this space, in August 2015 the EEOC released a revised version of its Management Directive 110 (MD-110), which relates to federal sector EEO complaints processing. One change to MD-110 that not everyone has caught...Playing Favorites in Selections and Promotions: Not EEO, But Still a Bad Idea
By Deborah Hopkins I love it when I teach a webinar and after it’s over, participants email questions as follow-up. Here’s one that I got after last week’s webinar on The Latest Developments in LGBTQ+ Discrimination: What Agencies and Employees Need to Know: Dear...EEOC’s Office of Federal Operations Certifies First Federal Sector Class Action of 2016
By Deryn Sumner On June 1, 2016, the EEOC’s Office of Federal Operations certified what appears to be the first federal sector EEO class action of 2016 in Candice B., et al. v. Dep’t of Homeland Security, EEOC No. 0120160714 (June 1, 2016). The Commission reversed...A Collection of Odds and Ends
By William Wiley Every now and then a case comes along that contains a bunch of good learning points, but does not actually cut much new grass on the lawn of federal employment law jurisprudence. Here are some things we learn and are reminded of in the judge’s...Upcoming Events
Dec
12
Tue
1:00 pm
Virtual Training Event – Discove...
Virtual Training Event – Discove...
Dec 12 @ 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Course Description Discovery is a critical and effective part of any litigation – when conducted properly. Annoying and abusive discovery techniques could have negative consequences, and possibly even lead to sanctions. From disrespect and profanity[...]