Litigation


VA FAILS TO ACCOMMODATE THE DISABLED...

Posted by admin in Litigation on June 11, 2009 | Comments Off
EEOC administrative judge Marlin Shreffler has issued a decision finding the Department of Veterans Affairs guilty of unlawfully failing to accommodate the needs of a disabled employee in the Baltimore regional office. The employee suffers from MS. Beginning in 1998, she had been allowed to work...
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Reinstatement, Back Pay and Attorney Fee...

Posted by admin in Litigation on June 8, 2009 | Comments Off
In early 2008, a government employee was verbally harassed and threatened by a co-worker.  The employee suffered severe emotional distress.  Despite the harassment the employee was required to continue to work in close proximity to the harasser.  The employee was finally allowed to transfer to another...
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VA EMPLOYEE REINSTATED...

Posted by admin in Litigation on June 5, 2009 | Comments Off
A VA Canteen Service employee was fired for failing to pay for fifty cents worth of store merchandise. The employee’s manager told employees that he was going to throw out a supply of greeting cards that were no longer being sold. Due to a VA policy, the cards were supposed to be discarded and not...
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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD REVERSES ...

Posted by admin in Litigation on June 5, 2009 | Comments Off
An SSA employee filed an EEO complainant alleging harassment. The agency later proposed to remove her for poor performance, and she amended her EEO complaint to include her proposed removal. SSA then went forward with the removal. In the removal letter, SSA informed the employee that she could challenge...
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$200,000 FOR DEAF WOMAN WRONGFULLY FIRED...

Posted by admin in Litigation on June 5, 2009 | Comments Off
After a long fight at both the EEOC and federal court, SSA finally decided to settle the case of Alli Friends, paying her $200,000. Alli, who is profoundly deaf, had been hired as a claims representative in one of the D.C. district offices. Because of delays in providing an ASL interpreter, she...
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ARBITRATOR OVERTURNS CMS SUSPENSION OF F...

Posted by admin in Litigation on June 5, 2009 | Comments Off
In a case arising in a CMS regional office, an arbitrator has invalidated a management decision barring two employees from continuing to work at home every Friday. Beginning in 2005, two Health Insurance Specialists were approved for Scheduled Flexiplace (SFP). Each worked scheduled flexiplace at...
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SUSPENSION REDUCED TO REPRIMAND...

Posted by admin in Litigation on June 5, 2009 | Comments Off
In an SSA case, an arbitrator has overturned a five day suspension, with the employee getting her pay back for this period. The employee had worked for the Social Security Administration for more than 35 years. During that time, she had never been disciplined. In fact, she was an effective and conscientious...
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SSA Employee Wins 248 hours of Religious...

Posted by admin in Litigation on May 26, 2009 | Comments Off
On May 8, 2009 the FLRA dismissed the agency’s exceptions and confirmed an arbitrators award granting the grievant 248 hours of Religious Compensation Time.  In this case attorneys Eric Pines and Phillip Kete represented an SSA employee in an EEO grievance who had requested time off for religious...
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DOD Settlement for Sunday Pay and Night ...

Posted by admin in Litigation on May 19, 2009 | Comments Off
An AFGE Local 1923 Attorney represented a DOD civilian employee detailed to IRAQ who had been tasked with working 7 day a week 12 hour shifts in furtherance of the war effort.  He put in for Sunday Premium Pay and Night Differential and was told this pay was not authorized at his civilian duty station...
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Settlement - NON-SELECTION...

Posted by admin in Litigation on March 2, 2009 | No Comments
February, 2004 An SSA employee was granted the right to use a priority consideration after not being selected for a posting.
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