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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...
After a host of former employees sued the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for pregnancy discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has now certified their complaints as a class action lawsuit. The certification should help the cases...
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...
In March, the Congressional Research Service provided lawmakers some up-to-date information on the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA). This is the law that shapes workers’ compensation for all federal employees. While much of the report revisited old...
Recently, a 21-year-old made the news for all the wrong reasons. After the military learned that someone had leaked classified documents touching on the war in Ukraine, authorities quickly launched a hunt. They found Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air...
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pays early retirement benefits to eligible federal employees who become unable to perform essential functions of their jobs because of disabling mental or physical impairments. Unfortunately, at times workers whose...
Our jobs can offer more than money as reward, but it’s safe to say money is a key factor. Everyone needs money for housing, food, transportation and pretty much everything else. Accordingly, we want to know that we’re getting paid fairly. The trick is that it’s not...
That some Americans’ mental health has taken a hit in the past couple of years is no secret. The pandemic dealt many people serious blows, including job and business loss, financial strain, isolation, sickness and even death of loved ones. The civil unrest after...
Two recent news articles offered different takes on discrimination in the federal workforce. One addressed the recent advances in workforce diversity. The other addressed the recent increase in discrimination complaints. The first of these articles looked at the data...
Federal employees know that legal protections against unlawful discrimination apply equally in all federal workplaces across the country. But what may differ when a worker transfers from one federal workplace to another is the prevalence of attitudes critical of LGBTQ...