Category Archives: EEO/Discrimination
DEMANDING TOO MUCH EDUCATION EEOC recently put employers on notice that they may violate the law if they demand more education to compete for a job than is actually required to be successful. Here is their reasoning.
Posted in Disability, EEO/Discrimination, Promotion/Hiring
Tagged Minimum Education Requirement, Promotion
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WATERBOARDING SELECTION OFFICIALS II Not long ago we posted an article about how frustrating it is when selecting officials will not give a best qualified candidate a substantive reason why he/she was passed over for promotion, especially when someone with … Continue reading
ZIP IT! – WHEN MANAGERS VIOLATE YOUR PRIVACY This is not the first time we have written about managers who either can’t keep their mouth shut or their documents clean. The newest example is the Chief of Dental Services who … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Medical Issues, Privacy, Remedies
Tagged Rehabilitation Act, union
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SEXUAL HARASSMENT LEADS TO $168 MILLION JUDGMENT YIKES! We all know what can happen when a dispute goes to a jury, but when the jury in this case gave the employee $168 million in damages for the harassment she suffered, … Continue reading
FDIC CLOBBERED FOR LACKING CREDIBILITY FDIC management has been ordered to rehire a former employee retroactively to late 2000. KAAAA-POW for management and KAH-CHING for the employee. EEOC found that management repeatedly lacked credibility when it tried to explain why … Continue reading
Posted in EEO/Discrimination, Information, Resignations
Tagged Constructive discharge, Credibility, EEOC, FDIC, ROI
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NTEU PROVES FDIC PAY RAISES VIOLATE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT NTEU charged the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation with discriminating against its African-American employees and those 40 and over when it distributed performance awards. Last week an arbitrator agreed ruling that FDIC … Continue reading
Posted in Arbitration, Compensation, EEO/Discrimination
Tagged Age discrimination, arbitrator, FDIC, NTEU, Race Discrimination
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RETALIATION, SPOUSES, AND CATS News broke last week that retaliation against employees spiked last year. So, FEDSMILL.com thought it might be a good time to remind everyone what actions are considered retaliation and the options for dealing with it.
REPRESENTING A TRANSGENDER EMPLOYEE Some of us at Fedsmill.com have already been involved with representing transgender employees and it would be wise for all union leaders to keep an eye on how these cases are spinning out. The law firm … Continue reading
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SPOTTING DISCRIMINATION VIOLATIONS & GRIEVANCES Every time a member comes to the union for help with some personnel action, the union rep should not only look for violations of the contract, regulations, and past practice, but also whether management’s action … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, EEO/Discrimination, Grievance/Arbitration, Performance
Tagged grievance, Prima Facia
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