Category Archives: EEO/Discrimination
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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WHO GETS THE DIRTY WORK? MEMBER ALERT! Virtually everything that comes out of the FLRA loudly broadcasts that management can assign any work it wants to an employee and there is little to nothing the union can do about that. … Continue reading
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR DISABLED COMMUTERS MEMBER ALERT! Disabled employees now have a little more reason to expect that their employer may be required to help them commute to and from work when their disability makes that very difficult or impossible. … Continue reading
Posted in EEO/Discrimination
Tagged Commuting, Disability, Reasonable Accommodation, Tinkelman, Undue Hardship, union
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EEOC PUNISHES SSA EMPLOYEE TESTS STEWARD ALERT! It is illegal for any employer to use tests of any kind (oral, written, behavioral) if they tend to discriminate against a class of protected employees under any of the Civil Rights acts, … Continue reading
$75,000+ FOR DENIAL OF PILGRIMAGE LEAVE MEMBER ALERT! The Justice Dept. just announced it settled a case where an employee had been denied leave to go on a religious pilgrimage.
Posted in EEO/Discrimination
Tagged Discrimination, Islamic, Pilgrimmage, Religious, Undue Hardship, union
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EEOC TO MANAGERS: “ZIP IT!” Loose lips not only sink ships, but they also violate employee rights. EEOC issued two decisions recently where it could not have made it clearer that managers are not to talk about employee EEO complaints.
Posted in EEO/Discrimination, Medical Issues
Tagged Compensatory, Disclosure, EEOC, Privacy
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GRIEVING NON-SELECTION FOR PROMOTION (Part 2- EEO) If the union levels charges of discrimination in a non-selection grievance, it substantially increases its chances of winning. So great is the advantage that FEDSMILL believes the union should level a discrimination charge … Continue reading
Posted in EEO/Discrimination, FLRA, Grievance/Arbitration, Promotion/Hiring
Tagged "Prima facie", Discrimination, FLRA, grievance
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