Employee Rights

Millions of federal employees spanning the country take immense pride in the work they do. They believe it is important, and they apply specialized education and training toward the accomplishment of key national goals and objectives. Working in the federal sphere can...

Any given American workplace might spell utopia for select employees, but the reality surrounding most work environments is that on-the-job upsides are tempered by imperfections. And that is nowhere more apparent in many companies and varied work venues than in noted...

Members of the U.S. women’s national soccer team are universal superstars in their sport. The team has legions of fans and a record of achievement that is unparalleled in global competition. Here is one thing, though, that the women do not have: pay parity in...

The National Treasury Employees Union is a notably prominent enterprise, representing scores of thousands of workers employed in federal agencies and departments across the country. And its management has something to say. In fact, the NTEU is notably eager to make a...

First of all, we’ll deal with that above acronym for those who are unfamiliar with it. Fleshed out, ADA stands for the Americans With Disabilities Act. The ADA is protective federal legislation enacted back in 1990. The thrust of the ADA is direct and simple. The...

Following is a work-linked scenario that might reasonably command the attention of many of our readers. Your prospective employer just told you that it is company policy to conduct a background check on all job applicants. A hiring manager informed you that a look...

Maybe you’ve been lucky enough across the spectrum of your career or spanning several different types of jobs to have escaped a workplace bully’s attention targeted specifically at you. Or maybe you’ve seen firsthand and up close the behaviors of a bully and their...

We noted in a recent blog post at the national pro-workers’ Devadoss Law Firm the protections accorded federal employees who speak up against management misconduct or other workplace deficiencies that promote harassing and discriminating environments. And we...

Following is a work-linked scenario that might readily resonate with some readers of our employment law blog posts at the national Devadoss Law Firm. Imagine that you are a federal worker in an agency department that unquestionably features a tense and volatile...

We queried in a prior blog post whether an employer can fire a worker for drug use, especially for involvement with narcotic pain killers in the opioid family. Representative members of that group include OxyContin, Vicodin, Percocet, morphine, codeine and methadone....