Category Archives: EEO/Discrimination

Posted on May 24, 2012 by AdminUN

SIMILARLY SITUATED  CONCEPT EXPANDED AGAIN Not long ago FEDSMILL.com posted a piece entitled, “Who Are the Similarly Situated.”  We noted that at least one circuit court did not require that the employees in the compared cases have the same supervisor, … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 3, 2012 by AdminUN

MYTHS & FACTS ABOUT THE EEO PROCESS EEOC has issued an interesting comment and analysis about our process.

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Posted on April 23, 2012 by AdminUN

HOW SENIORITY IMMUNIZES MANAGEMENT The various employment civil rights acts work by forcing managers to make a choice when they select employees for promotion, awards, etc.  Ironically, making decisions based on seniority gives management near total immunity. Here is how.

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Posted on April 16, 2012 by AdminUN

SECRET SERVICE’S SILLY SEX STORY Brace yourself, America—and especially federal employees. The culture war is about to flare to near-nuclear levels over the recent Secret Service Agents’ interaction with a salacious slice of Columbia’s service sector. First there will be … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 27, 2012 by AdminUN

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.

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Posted on March 27, 2012 by AdminUN

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 →

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Posted on March 19, 2012 by AdminUN

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 →

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Posted on March 11, 2012 by AdminUN

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 →

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Posted on February 22, 2012 by AdminUN

TICKLE TORTURING PROMOTION RATING OFFICIALS “Tickle torturing” might be an option when rating officials will not explain their scoring system that denied you a promotion.  After all, unlike selecting officials whose vagueness and secrecy make you want to waterboard them for … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 14, 2012 by AdminUN

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 →

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