By William Wiley Here we go again, acting all uppity by advising the new administration without being asked. Well, somebody’s got to do it, and if not FELTG, who else would dare? Dear President-Elect Trump: What took you so long? While you’ve spent the past few years...
By Barbara Haga Last December I wrote about several MSPB decisions that included “Christmas party” in the text. I thought it would be reasonable this year to follow up to see what other decisions had been issued in the last year or so. I expanded the search to...
By Deryn Sumner In a decision issued on November 4, 2016, the U.S. District Court Judge in EEOC v. Scott Medical Health Center denied the defendant’s motion to dismiss the case and credited the EEOC’s argument that claims of sexual orientation discrimination are...
By William Wiley Back in the early ’80s, we employment law practitioners were working to try to figure out just what the new laws regarding removing unacceptable performers were all about. One of the unanswered questions from the Act was this: If an agency is...
By Deborah Hopkins Reasonable Accommodation for disabilities is (still and always) a hot topic. In response to my article in September’s Newsletter (Is it Just Me, or is Reasonable Accommodation Becoming Trickier?) I received a follow-up question. So let’s continue...
By Deryn Sumner Although most decisions issued by the EEOC’s Office of Federal Operations affirming grants of summary judgment by administrative judges are worthy of no more than a simple skim, the recent decision of Juanita K. v. Department of Homeland Security, EEOC...
Course Description An increase in reasonable accommodations requests based on religion and disability. Pandemic-related civil rights crises. Increased discussion of diversity and inclusion. Way too many harassment complaints. Talk of changes to the EEO process.[...]