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Facing discrimination in federal employment due to a disability can be overwhelming and discouraging. A recent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) decision offers hope to federal employees who feel their rights have been violated. In the case of Antwan N....
In the case of Shawnta A. v. Dr. Mark T. Esper, Secretary, Department of Defense (Defense Commissary Agency), EEOC Appeal No. 2019001394 (April 24, 2020), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruled in favor of a federal employee who was denied a...
In the federal workplace, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 protects employees with disabilities from discrimination, requiring agencies to provide reasonable accommodations unless doing so would impose an undue hardship. When an Agency fails to comply, employees are...
As a federal employee, you are entitled to receive reasonable accommodations for any covered physical or mental limitations that may impact your ability to perform your job duties. The reasonable accommodation process can be complicated, but our federal employee...
Federal employment attorneys and Shaun Southworth won another hearing recently. After a two-day hearing before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, an administrative judge informed the parties that there would be a finding of liability against the Agency. In...
Southworth PC attorneys Shaun Southworth and recently settled another disability discrimination case for their client. “Our Client had been working with his federal employer for over a decade and requested reasonable accommodation a few years ago. Since then, his...
Federal employee lawyers Shaun Southworth and Jesse Kelly recently settled a reasonable accommodation case. "For five years our client battled with her former federal employer to adequately accommodate her disability. She provided medical records and recommendations...
An EEOC judge has given the green light to a trial for a Southworth PC client in a disability discrimination case. Usually in EEOC cases, many Agency’s will file a motion for summary judgment at the hearing stage after discovery is completed. This motion argues that...
Recently, federal employment attorneys Shaun Southworth and secured a victory before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Office of Federal Operations. In the case, the Agency had dismissed the entirely of our client’s disability discrimination and reasonable...
Today, our federal employment attorneys settled a reasonable accommodation case on behalf of our client, a former federal employee, where we alleged an Agency failed to engage in the interactive process in good faith. Additionally, our federal sector attorneys helped...