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Last year, the average time a federal employee waited for a resolution of an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint was 543 days. The reasons include a large backlog, a shortage of funding, perhaps a lack of leadership -- and the #MeToo movement, which has...
After Reporting Harassment And Discrimination, Federal Employees Often Experience RetaliationHonest employees should be rewarded, not reprimanded, in the workplace.Speaking out against illegal or discriminatory actions in the workplace takes courage. But many...
When the Navy began integrating submarines eight years ago, there was push-back. Some submariners, veterans and submariners' wives thought the living quarters were just too tight and that lack of privacy and the potential for romantic entanglements would be...
"It is a national disgrace," says the lead plaintiff in a federal lawsuit against the Navy. The lawsuit accuses the service of giving less-than-honorable discharges to Navy and Marine Corps veterans due to minor infractions engendered by service-related disabilities....
If you're a federal employee, you may have heard that both the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission take on discrimination complaints involving federal employment. In some cases, the proper agency is clear. In others, you can...
Suffering an injury at work can be a difficult thing to go through.Besides pain, there are many issues you may be forced to deal with: Going to multiple medical appointments; Getting time off from work to go to medical appointments; Trying to do your job despite...
In the ideal workplace, employees would be valued for their knowledge, skills, work ethic, and attitude. Unfortunately, some employers value their employees on things the employee has no control over. Or employers treat certain employees unfairly because of personal...
If your boss comes up to you and tells you that you're being fired because you're too old, it's a clear case of age discrimination. However, the sad reality is that employers often do discriminate when hiring, firing and promoting workers, but they just don't do it so...
Imagine this scenario:You apply for a job. You're well qualified - if not overqualified. You nail the interview. And you wait in anticipation for that job offer.Then something unexpected happens: You learn that someone else got the job. Someone who is much less...
When most people think of discrimination in the workplace, they imagine a scenario in which a supervisor who is a member of a "majority" group takes adverse action against an employee who is a member of a "minority" group. This type of discrimination is common,...