Federal employment attorneys at Southworth PC have heard another one of their cases is headed to trial. An administrative judge from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has determined a hearing is warranted in the matter. At issue in the case is did the Agency...
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Southworth PC Trial Time: EEOC Judge Green Lights Reasonable Accommodation Trial
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...
Southworth PC Obtains OFO Reversal: EEOC Requires Agency to Investigate Claims
Recently, federal employment attorneys Shaun Southworth and Georgia Lawrence 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...
Southworth PC Saves Federal Career: Removal is Mitigated
At the beginning of November, Southworth PC learned it had saved another federal employee’s career. After our federal employment attorneys Shaun Southworth and Jesse Kelly tried the case before the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Board found the Agency’s removal...
Southworth PC Trial Time: Judge Orders Agency to Trial in Religious Failure to Accommodate Case
A judge before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently green lighted a trial--or as we call it in the federal sector, a hearing--denying a motion by the Agency for a decision without a hearing. The judge found there were genuine issues of material facts...
Settled: Southworth PC Settles Discrimination, Harassment, and Reprisal Case
Southworth PC recently settled a sexual harassment and reprisal case against a large federal agency. The allegations were that a male supervisor treated women and men differently, letting the men do less and giving the men preferential treatment compared to the women....
Agency Cancels Removal of Southworth PC Client; Federal Career Saved
Earlier this year, a large federal agency proposed the removal of our client. After receiving the proposed removal, our client contacted our federal employment attorneys with much experience in federal careers defense. Senior Associate Jesse Kelly worked with our...
Supreme Court Holds LGTBQ+ Individuals Protected from Discrimination Under Title VII’s Sex-Related Provisions
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 discrimination based on...
Southworth PC Settles Case Including Claims for Improper Disclosure of Medical Information
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...
8-1: Supreme Court Says Personnel Actions for Federal Employees Must Be “Untainted” By Any Consideration of Age
“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 — that is, of...
