Category Archives: EEO/Discrimination
WHICH BATHROOM FOR TRANSGENDER EMPLOYEES? Here are the facts. Tamara Lusardi was working for the Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center in Huntsville, Alabama. As a known transgender employee, the agency forced her to only use a single-use … Continue reading
WHAT CHELIOTES JUST SHOWED ALL UNION LEADERS Arthur Cheliotes is the President of Local 1180 of the Communications Workers of America (CWA). It is an unusual union local because 1180 represents over 1,000 managers working for New York City. The … Continue reading
REASSIGNMENT VIA THE EEO ROUTE What’s a guy to do when his wife, who works for the same agency as he does, is transferred from San Diego to Washington, DC, he applies for a reassignment to DC himself under the … Continue reading
THE RIGHT TO A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER EEOC has said it all before, but yet another agency needed it said again when an employee with a severe hearing disability was not provided a sign language interpreter. EEOC pointed out that … Continue reading
IT IS TIME FOR THE TALK. THE BIRDS, THE BEES AND THE PDA. How much do you really know about that facts of life and particularly pregnant employees? Probably not enough, especially if you cannot answer the five questions below. … Continue reading
TIME CLOCK BARGAINING AND THE BIBLICAL MARK OF THE BEAST This is a case about religious discrimination you will find hard to forget. Like most everything else about workplaces these days automation is driving lots of change. One particular area … Continue reading
WEIGHT DISCRIMINATION “AS HORRIBLE AND DEPRESSING AS EVER” Time Magazine just published a story about a new university study confirming the rampant presence of weight discrimination. We found it worth checking out and a good place to start a conversation … Continue reading
TRANSGENDER FEDERAL EMPLOYEE WINS DISCRIMINATION CASE The Washington Post just published a story about how the U.S. Special Counsel convinced the Dept. of Army to correct the harm done to a transgender employee from “frequent, pervasive, and humiliating” gender-identity discrimination. … Continue reading
CAPE COD LAWYER RESCUES DISABLED CBP OFFICERS Not long ago we posted a story entitled, “MSPB Recklessly Denies CBP Officers Disability Rights,” which described a new MSPB decision holding that it was not (and likely would never be) a reasonable … Continue reading
EEOC IDENTIFIES COMMON ERRORS AGENCIES MAKE WHEN DISMISSING EEO COMPLAINTS The EEOC just published a report showing that about one-third of the time an agency dismissed a discrimination complaint on procedural grounds it is wrong. If your local represents members … Continue reading