Are Complaints About Requests for Reasonable Accommodation Time-Barred After 45 Days?
By Deborah J. Hopkins, August 21, 2023 If you’re at all familiar with EEO complaints, you’re likely aware that in the Federal sector, a complainant must make contact with an EEO counselor within 45 days of the alleged event of discrimination. 29 C.F.R. §...Three Things You Might Not Know About Security Clearance Revocation Cases
By Deborah J. Hopkins, August 14, 2023 Misconceptions abound when it comes to the world of security clearances. The news media and the movies don’t always get it right. An employee can be denied a clearance for a lot more than selling national secrets to a foreign...The Marijuana Conundrum: Illegal Federally, But Legal in Many States
By Deborah J. Hopkins, August 7, 2023 If this happened in your agency, what would you do? A District Manager, who is a member of the Career Executive Service, went to a cannabis dispensary with several of her subordinate employees while attending a leadership meeting...In Case You Need Another Reason to NOT Issue a Letter of Counseling
By Deborah J. Hopkins, July 24, 2023 FELTG readers who’ve been around a while know how many times we have preached against using letters of counseling, caution, warning, and the like. If an agency wants to counsel, caution, or warn an employee, that is absolutely...A Big Change for Undue Hardship in Religious Accommodation … or Not?
By Deborah J. Hopkins, July 18, 2023 On June 29, the Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in its unanimous decision Groff v. DeJoy, No. 22–174 (Jun. 29, 2023). Under Title VII, employers are required to accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs or...Upcoming Events
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