Category Archives: EEO/Disabilities
CBP MANAGEMENT AGAIN SHOOTS WILDLY FROM THE HIP While bargaining unit Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers must meet a very high standard for firearm accuracy, my more than 40 years of experience with CBP demonstrated that CBP managers often … Continue reading
THE “DESIRED POSITION” YIELDS 13 YEARS OF BACK PAY Amanda was reassigned to a position that she was not able to do as a result of her disability. When she asked for a reasonable accommodation, the agency merely pointed to … Continue reading
AGENCY PIP DISCRIMINATORY; EMPLOYEE REINSTATED A deaf/Hard of Hearing employee could read lips in one-on-one conversations, but needed an accommodation to participate in group conversations. Consequently, his performance suffered and the agency put him on a PIP, which ended in … Continue reading
UNION REP TEST #21- (FMLA, DISABILITIES, AND LIGHT DUTY) An employee, Jessie Crutch, had a long-time reasonable accommodation of being allowed to rest his hip for a few minutes every few hours while working as a warehouse custodian. As the … Continue reading
LONG COVID PROBLEMS COVERED AS ADA DISABILITIES, NOT JUST FMLA Members afflicted with long COVID problems are likely to run out of FMLA benefits as they struggle with the disease and need more leave or other accommodations. The Departments of … Continue reading
TELEWORK AS A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION EEOC has held that a request for telework or a shorter commuting time because of a disability is a request for reasonable accommodation and triggers an agency’s responsibility under the Rehabilitation Act. For example, in Jody … Continue reading
TRUMP PICKS ON THE DISABLED; HIS BASE PURGES THEM Few will forget how our Leader mocked a reporter during the campaign for being disabled. For those who thought that suggested a man with a low opinion of the disabled, here … Continue reading
WHO HAS THE PHYSICALLY TOUGHER JOB? BORDER PATROL OR ICE? As If DHS did not have enough problems on its hands, it is spending time creating stupid ones. Back in 2017 ICE rejected an application from a Border Patrol Agent … Continue reading
WHAT IS THE “INTERACTIVE PROCESS?” The short answer is that it’s something the agency must engage in to avoid violating the law and incurring huge financial penalties. The slightly longer answer is that it can often require an agency to … Continue reading
EEOC REJECTS “LIP SERVICE” FOR THE DEAF/HOH (AN UPDATE) There is not any breaking news here or newly-established legal precedent—and that is sad. This post is about yet another fed who requested a sign language interpreter for a last-minute meeting … Continue reading