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The United States recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. This landmark act paved the way for more workers with disabilities to enter the federal government. The act supports workers with disabilities in two key ways. It restricts...
A Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) hearing is a legal proceeding that happens when a federal employee appeals an adverse personnel action, after their agency has taken adverse action against them. What the Merit Systems Protection Board is The MSPB is an...
At the end of 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act into law. This law goes into effect on June 27, 2023, and it provides a new measure of federal protections to pregnant workers. Of course, you might be wondering, “What does this law do...
Everyone knows the law prohibits employers from discriminating against applicants and employees based on several different factors. These include race, gender, national origin, disability, religion and age. However, as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Devadoss Law Firm is pleased to announce the winner of its Civil Rights Scholarship for the Spring of 2023 semester. Kayla Torres has been awarded $1,000 to use for educational expenses this semester. She is a junior at Cornell University, where she majors in...
Numbers don’t lie, but they can certainly open themselves up to a wide range of interpretations. This is absolutely the case for the most recent figures on federal pay raises. FedWeek recently posted its analysis of the pay raise data held by the Office of Personnel...
Why should the firing of a superintendent in Sarasota, Florida, bother federal employees everywhere? What does it have to do with the Schedule F classification created by President Trump, then rescinded by President Biden? An editorial in Federal News Network recently...
In a previous blog, we explored the different standards of proof that protect federal employees from workplace discrimination. As we noted, it’s important to understand the proof each law requires. You don’t want to file without a clear understanding of how to make...
If you’re like most people, you know that workplace discrimination is wrong. It’s illegal, and if you’ve experienced discrimination, you might want to take action. However, few people understand what they need to prove to win their cases. The result is that too few...
As a federal employee you have the right to challenge any disciplinary actions your agency takes against you. Frequently, agencies can provide enough evidence to support their decisions. Other times, employees successfully point out the flaws in an agency’s argument....