Category Archives: EEO/Discrimination

WHY EEO ALLEGATIONS ARE A GOOD GAMBLE TO TAKE Private law firms are taking in bundles of attorney fees representing federal employees in EEO complaints. This  is money unions could be collecting along with the positive publicity of tangibly helping … Continue reading

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A CASE OF OLD-FASHION EEO REPRISAL I like to think that knuckle-dragging managers are fewer and fewer these days, but then a case like this comes along.  A Navy employee, Cory, was upset about being passed over for promotion and … Continue reading

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WHAT TO DO WHEN MANAGEMENT MOVES TOO SLOWLY? What would you do if an employee came to you as her union rep to complain that it took three weeks for the agency to act on her complainant about a manager … Continue reading

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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

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YOU’RE PROTECTED WHEN YOU JUST SPEAK UP FOR A DISCRIMINATION VICTIM Iris, is an employee at DoD’s Education Activity (DoDEA) which manages its elementary and high schools around the world. In fact, she was a school principal.  When she raised … Continue reading

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IS THIS DISCRIMINATION? WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Assume that a CEO of some organization decides that he no longer wants a minority woman, who held a supervisory position, on his staff.  She has somehow upset him.  Consequently, he has her … Continue reading

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GEL REPRESENTS CBP OFFICERS & AG SPECIALISTS IN PREGNANCY EEO CLASS ACTION While it may take a village to raise a child, it often takes a community of aggressive and skilled advocates to represent federal employees.  What one does not … Continue reading

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WHAT WAS FEMA LEADERSHIP THINKING? A case just came out of FEMA that further shakes our faith in the competence of agency leaders.  When an employee got pregnant, her supervisor called her in to explain how she would now have … Continue reading

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CBP DESTROYS EVIDENCE; MANAGERS TESTIFY THEY “CANNOT RECALL” A Filipino CBP Officer in the agency’s El Paso Office applied for a job as a CBP Officer (Field Canine Enforcement Trainer) back in 2016, was rejected and filed a race discrimination … Continue reading

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ARE UNIONS LISTENING TO EEOC’S WARNINGS ABOUT AI? Probably not? But EEOC deserves high marks for all the effort it is making to get the word out there.  What is its message?  One, Federal agencies are starting to use Artificial … Continue reading

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