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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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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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NEW WORKPLACE VIOLENCE RULES MEMBER ALERT! Employers are now required by a new federal regulation to minimize the potential for workplace violence, whether it comes from members of the public seeking help, co-workers, or anyone else allowed into a workplace.
GRIEVING NON-SELECTION FOR PROMOTION (Part 1) Ask a manager if you can grieve non-selection from a BQ list and you are likely to hear that you can’t. Some of them will even quote part of a federal regulation that bars … Continue reading
Posted in Promotion/Hiring
Tagged arbitrator, federal, FLRA, grieve, priority consideration, Promotion, retroactive, selecting official, union
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EDITORIAL – WHAT HAPPENS AT FLRA HAPPY HOURS How do we know that FLRA is having regular happy hours during the day? Well, we don’t, but something like that must be happening based on the quality of its particularized need … Continue reading
UNION MEMBERSHIP ACHIEVEMENTS AFGE, NTEU, and NATCA excel when it comes to membership statistics, but for different reasons.
Posted in Membership Building
Tagged AFGE, membership, NATCA, NSWEO, NTEU, POPA, union
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