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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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
If you are a federal employee who has just learned that someone is proposing to discipline you (for instance, maybe they are seeking a proposed demotion or even to terminate your federal career altogether), you might have some questions. These could include: what...
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...
What is discrimination? Well, the answer is it depends. Many people personally have a definition of discrimination. Also our society tends to have a consensus about what discrimination is, though there are particular and predictable opinions among some members of...