by Shaun Southworth | Jun 15, 2020 | Firm News
Today, the Supreme Court held that an employer violates Title VII when it intentionally fires an individual employee “based in part on sex” because “homosexuality and transgender status are inextricably bound up with sex.” No less, intentional...
by Shaun Southworth | Jun 11, 2020 | Firm News
Many federal employees know that their medical records have certain protections and certain information should only be shared in limited circumstances. When that information is improperly disclosed or maintained, the federal employees have a cause of action against...
by Shaun Southworth | Apr 7, 2020 | Firm News
“The statute does not say that ‘it is unlawful to take personnel actions that are based on age;’ it says that ‘personnel actions… shall be made free from any discrimination based on age’….As a result, age must be a but-for cause of discrimination —...
by Shaun Southworth | Mar 18, 2020 | Firm News
PLEASE NOTE: our offices remain open and available to serve you during the COVID-19 crisis. As usual in representing clients in all fifty states and abroad, we are used to providing legal representation across distances. Like normal, we are offering our clients the...
by Shaun Southworth | Mar 6, 2020 | Federal Sector EEO, Firm News, Hostile Work Environment
Our federal employment attorneys recently settled a sexual harassment case. Our attorneys fought to resolve a complex case where, among other things, our client was mistreated and subjected to harassment because assumptions were made about our client’s sexual...
by Shaun Southworth | Feb 12, 2020 | Federal Sector EEO, Firm News, Pregnancy Discrimination
Our federal employment law firm recently settled a case where our client, a federal employee, faced discrimination based on pregnancy and her gender. Discrimination against pregnant women is all too common today and a serious societal issue. People might think it is...
by Shaun Southworth | Jan 28, 2020 | Federal Sector EEO, Firm News, Reasonable Accommodations in the Federal Sector
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...
by Shaun Southworth | Dec 20, 2019 | Firm News, MSPB
Our federal employee attorneys achieved another victory in a case against the Department of Justice. Federal employees have constitutional property interests in their continued employment, so removing them from federal service requires due process. At many points...
by Shaun Southworth | Nov 1, 2019 | Federal Sector EEO, Firm News
We are pleased that a Judge from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has today ordered and green-lighted what is essentially a trial (we call it a ‘hearing’ in the federal sector) on our client’s claims. As usual, the Agency tried to prevent the hearing from...
On behalf of Southworth PC | Jul 9, 2019 | Firm News
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