Does it Matter if a Dog is a Service Animal or Emotional Support Animal?
By Deborah J. Hopkins, January 2, 2024 Philadelphia baseball fans may recall a few months ago when a man attempted to bring his emotional support alligator to a Phillies game. The animal was denied entrance. We’ve written about service animals and emotional support...Year in Review: Top FELTG Newsletter Stories of 2023
By Dan Gephart, December 12, 2023 FELTG Nation, welcome to another year-end News Flash, where we reveal the two most popular FELTG newsletter stories (based on the number of reads and forwards) for each month of 2023. This is our fifth year in this format, which...How Not to Handle Religious Accommodation Requests
By Deborah J. Hopkins, November 28, 2023 In the FELTG November newsletter, I wrote about a few cases involving hostile work environment claims based on religion. This week, our focus turns to claims of religious discrimination from another angle – reasonable...And Now a Word With … OPM Deputy Director Rob Shriver
By Dan Gephart, November 6, 2023 As his term wound down three years ago, then-President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that created a new category of Federal employees called Schedule F, much to the dismay of numerous Federal employees, unions, good government...Can Using the Term ‘Master Bedroom’ be Considered Workplace Harassment?
By Deborah J. Hopkins, October 30, 2023 When I was in high school in the 1990s, students would usually refer to something they thought was stupid or ridiculous by saying: “That’s so gay.” I cannot imagine such a phrase being used among my peers today. Socially...Upcoming Events
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