Category Archives: EEO/Discrimination
WHAT IS A “SUBSTANTIALLY YOUNGER” FEDERAL EMPLOYEE? Here’s a hint. It is someone over 40 years old. Need another hint? It is also someone who applied for promotion. Still stumped? It is someone who got the promotion instead of a … Continue reading
LESBIAN RUMOR COSTS HOMELAND SECURITY $100,000. When rumors started to spread about a lesbian relationship among three women and favoritism by the manager among them, one of those women complained to agency managers asking them to make the rumors stop. … Continue reading
ANOTHER “CAT’S PAW” DISCRIMINATION VICTORY Is it possible to prove illegal EEO retaliation when the promotion selecting official had no knowledge that the an applicant she passed over ever had filed an EEO charge? Yes, it is possible if you … Continue reading
HAIR! Many law enforcement agencies demand that their officer/agents be clear-shaven at all times because they believe, without a scintilla of evidence, that makes them more effective. But a large number of officers/agents believe that intrudes unnecessarily on their personal … Continue reading
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THE “PLAINLY SUPERIOR” PROMOTION GRIEVANCE THEORY Never heard of it? It is the argument to use when grieving non-selection from a list of properly ranked and rated best qualified employees. At least this is one of the ways. Here is … Continue reading
DREADLOCK DISCRIMINATION Although we do not hear much about agencies prohibiting dreadlocks, we doubt the issue is over forever. So, take a minute to see how to push back against an agency demand to be dredlock-free. Check out the EEOC … Continue reading
HOW TO MEASURE MANAGEMENT UNFAIRNESS Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was a way to measure how unfair agency policies or practices are, especially if the measure was widely recognized as having evidentiary value? Of course it would because union … Continue reading
WHEN OSTRACISM AND PETTY MISTREATMENT CREATE A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT Every once in a while union reps run across an employee that a manager hates to deal with. The law firm of Ogletree and Deakins just published advice on when that … Continue reading
WHAT IS FRONT PAY? Let’s say that you are representing a terminated employee and realize three things about his/her situation. First, the job the employee held before being fired no longer exists. Second, even if you get the employee reinstated, it … Continue reading
LACTATION DISCRIMINATION The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held unanimously recently that firing a woman because she is lactating or expressing milk is unlawful sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 … Continue reading