According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, workplace discrimination complaints rose in 2016, and the complaints pertaining to a worker's disability seem to be increasing. More than 30 percent of the charges in that year were related to disability discrimination, even though disabled persons make up only about 20 percent of the population and a smaller percentage of the workforce, both in private industry and in federal government.
Disability discrimination in the workplace
What impact do elections have on federal employee turnover?
Freeze could send more than shivers through federal workforce
The recent change in government isn't unusual. That doesn't mean it is without its wrinkles. While President Trump's executive order freezing hiring is something anyone could expect, the level of confusion resulting is more unsettling. While some agencies reportedly are exempt, the order's lack of detail is ginning up confusion for workers in those same agencies and others across the country.
What's the right forum for my wrongful termination appeal?
Due process is a bedrock principle of our legal system. For federal workers in Texas and across the country, it is also a foundational element of employment; providing civil servants with avenues to protect themselves against actions that might result in wrongful dismissal.
Is federal employee resistance wise in the Trump universe?
The Uniform Code of Military Justice in the United States makes clear that a service person's duty is to "obey any lawful general order or regulation." Failing to do so can mean a court-martial and dire consequences. The key word in that bit of code is "lawful." Many legal observers would argue that if a service person is obliged to follow a lawful order, he or she has an equal obligation to disregard an unlawful order. They might also argue that the same rule applies to civilian federal employees in Texas and elsewhere in the system.
