Category Archives: EEO/Discrimination
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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IRS PROBATIONER’S REINSTATEMENT A LESSON FOR ALL STEWARD ALERT! Managers constantly tell probationary employees they have no appeal rights if terminated, but that is just not true. FEDSMILL.com is working on a longer article about probationary employee appeal rights, but here … Continue reading
Posted in EEO/Discrimination, Probation Period
Tagged Discrimination, EEOC, Probationary Employee, union
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UNIONS FOOLISH TO REFER EEO COMPLAINTS TO AGENCY EEO OFFICERS LEADER ALERT! Too many unions think that they should not use the grievance process to pursue employee complaints about civil rights discrimination. As a result, they refer employees with discrimination … Continue reading
Posted in EEO/Discrimination, Grievance/Arbitration
Tagged arbitration, EEO, federal, grievance, union
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JOHN (OPM) BERRY’S CONTEMPT FOR BILINGUAL EMPLOYEES OPM Director John Berry must be filled with contempt for bilingual federal employees. Or maybe the Obama appointee is just a hand puppet being worked by others with contempt for them. Or maybe … Continue reading
Posted in EEO/Discrimination, Membership Building
Tagged Allowance, Bilingual, John Berry, OPM, Stipend
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EEOC TO MANAGERS: “ZIP IT!—CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?” MEMBER ALERT! In October, FEDSMILL.com published an article entitled, “EEOC To Managers: Zip It!” It was about various laws that prohibit managers from discussing publicly what they know about an employee’s … Continue reading
Posted in EEO/Discrimination, Medical Issues
Tagged Disclose, Privacy, Rehabilitation Act, union
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HOW UNIONS GET UNIT MEMBERS PROMOTED MEMBER ALERT! Almost every time someone is promoted other applicants get passed over. Often, the passed over applicants feel they were just as qualified or even better qualified than the selectee. Sometimes they even … Continue reading
Posted in EEO/Discrimination, Grievance/Arbitration, Promotion/Hiring
Tagged Discrimination, federal, grievance, Promotion, union
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IS “AGE HARASSMENT” ILLEGAL? MEMBER ALERT! Sexual harassment is a well-known and well-litigated matter. Mainstream media write about it often and most employers have policies prohibiting it. But how many have heard of “age harassment” or an age-hostile work environment? … Continue reading
Posted in EEO/Discrimination
Tagged Age Harassment, Best Chevrolet, Hostile Environment, union
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