OPM Reopened Comments. We’re Defending Your Right to a Fair Process.
Southworth PC has completed a supplemental opposition to OPM’s proposed changes. Read what the new evidence does—and does not—show, and learn how to comment by September 29.
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Federal Employees Deserve a Fair Fight. We’re Opposing the EEOC’s Proposed Rewrite.
When your career is at stake, you should have a fair chance to challenge the government's version of what happened. That protection matters before you ever need an employment lawyer. It matters when you apply for a promotion, request a workplace accommodation, or...
The Case That This Administration Is Targeting People with Disabilities, and What Federal Employees Should Do About It
I try discrimination cases for a living. The hardest element to prove is almost never the harm. It is intent. Agencies rarely write down that they acted because of someone's disability, so the law lets us prove intent the way juries and fact-finders have always...
Considering a Federal EEO Case? FAQs About the EEOC’s Proposed Changes
If you are facing discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or a disability accommodation problem in federal employment, the news about the EEOC’s proposal may leave you wondering whether you can still act—and whether you should wait. You can still pursue your rights....
EEOC’s Proposed Changes: FAQs for Current Southworth PC Clients
If Southworth PC represents you in a federal EEO matter, you may be wondering whether the EEOC’s proposed changes affect your case, your next deadline, or the work we are doing together. The August 26 vote did not put new rules into effect. Continue following your...
The EEOC Votes August 26 on Rewriting the Federal EEO Process. The Public Still Can’t Read the Plan.
On Wednesday, August 26, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will hold an open meeting to vote on whether to publish a proposed rule titled "Revision and Update to 29 CFR Part 1614" (RIN 3046-AB46). Part 1614 is the regulation that...
We Filed a 52-Page Objection to the New Federal Discipline Rule. You Have Until Monday to File Yours.
The short version: On July 2, the Office of Personnel Management and the Merit Systems Protection Board jointly proposed a rule called "Promoting Employee Accountability," 91 Fed. Reg. 40444. It rewrites nearly every procedure federal employees use to defend their...
Shaun Southworth Published in Law360 Expert Analysis on Federal Employee DEI Layoff Class Action
Southworth PC is proud to share that our CEO, attorney Shaun Southworth, was published in Law360’s Expert Analysis section on Monday, June 22, 2026. Shaun’s article, “Why Private Sector Should Watch Gov’t DEI Firing Class Bid,” examines Fell v. Trump, a class action...
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The EEOC Is Backtracking on Gender-Identity Protections. That Is Not the End of the Law.
By Shaun Southworth, federal employee attorney For federal employees, discrimination rarely arrives as an abstract legal debate. It shows up in daily humiliations. A supervisor keeps using the wrong name. An agency refuses to update records. A transgender employee is...