Employee Discrimination

It’s like expressing dire concerns “with the fox that’s guarding the henhouse.” So says a worker with the Dallas district office of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Readers of this national employment law blog forum are well attuned to the workings...

Toni Van Pelt makes a number of instructive – indeed, compelling – points in a recent article she wrote concerning American women and their on-the-job pay. That shouldn’t be surprising. Van Pelt’s studied reflections come courtesy of her long tenure as a working woman...

It’s generally a one-and-done deal when it comes to experiencing sexual harassment in a federal workplace, right? Put another way: As obviously unpleasant as it is to be on the receiving end of such conduct, isn’t mistreatment doled out by a manager or coworker...

Systemic racism. That it is a worker-authored accusation viewed with dread by any American business enterprise. Especially one that stands as a colossus among companies in terms of size and clout. Tech giant Amazon is spotlighted in today’s blog post, and in a flatly...

Experience counts. That is an adage with applicability across a broad spectrum of life, including at the workplace. Especially at the workplace. Do you want a freshly minted graduate from flight school at the helm of a jumbo airliner you’re on, or a seasoned veteran...

If you are a worker with a few years of experience in the federal sphere, you’ve likely seen differentiated and even inconsistent treatment doled out to employees who are targeted in internal investigations. Some workers sail through those probes without a hitch. They...

It’s not like relatively mature American employees are unaware that a discriminatory hurdle exists in work venues across the country. After all, they comprise the most seasoned U.S. work demographic. Collectively, they are intuitive to a heightened degree when it...

Readers who justifiably applaud workplace equity and undifferentiated fairness for all employees across every measuring yardstick will logically revel in the following piece of news concerning female workers. That is this: Women employees working at the top echelon of...

Are you an individual employed in a federal agency or department where the unbiased treatment of all employees is manifestly on display every day? Are you convinced that your employer fully appreciates the productive efforts you routinely put forth and accords you...

There are any number of key reference points that can be spotlighted in a recently released study of discrimination at a prominent federal agency. In sifting through them, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Peter Gaynor opted to forgo any particularized...