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...
Employee Rights
Making the workplace unbearable: profile of a bully
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...
Labor advocates decry recent NLRB ruling on workers’ speech
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...
NLRB issues notable ruling on worker speech
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...
Is your job doomed owing to your use of addicting drugs?
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....
Do you have job concerns linked with personal opioid use?
Legions of American workers spanning the country and in wide-ranging occupational work spheres spend time worrying about their retained positions and continued employment. Some dread the prospect of a deficient performance report. Others fear that their bosses will...
Workplace disability discrimination not always clearly understood
Do you have a disability? That can sometimes seem to be a problematic – even loaded – question when posed to an individual in the workplace realm. Both prospective and current employees might reasonably be taken aback when hearing that query, especially when a boss or...
Safeguarding the workplace rights of pregnant employees
Are you pregnant and worried about virtually everything linked with your employment?Many federal workers across the country fit that bill. They stress over singular requirements and restrictions that might be imposed on them. They think that their performance reviews...
Continued look at the MSPB: spotlighting informed legal counsel
We highlighted contested employment actions conducted under the auspices of the Merit Systems Protection Board in a recent blog post. We noted in our Devadoss Law Firm April 27 entry that a federal employee suffering from a firing, demotion, suspension or other...
Challenged federal employees: invoking the MSPB process
The vast federal employment realm in the United States logically enough has a system of rules and processes that come into play in instances of worker firings, suspensions and demotions.That is to say, employees do not have to simply accept adverse job outcomes...