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Federal Legal Corner: Complaint based on Gender Identity

Published: May 23, 2012

In a precedent-settling decision, the EEOC decided that a transgender woman who was initially offered employment as a male for …More

Federal Legal Corner: Fitness for Duty Exams

Published: May 16, 2012

In John Doe v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 2012 MSPB 42 (3/27/12), the MSPB ruled that the Pension Benefit Guaranty’s …More

Federal Legal Corner: Damages for Privacy Act Violations

Published: May 9, 2012

In Federal Aviation Administration v. Cooper, No. 10-1024, 566 U.S. __ (2012), the United States Supreme Court faced the question …More

Federal Legal Corner: Hostile Work Environment (Published: May 2, 2012)

Federal Legal Corner: Indefinite Suspension Reversed (Published: April 25, 2012)

Federal Legal Corner: Right to Official Time (Published: April 18, 2012)

Federal Legal Corner: MSPB Upholds Removal for False Medal Claim (Published: April 11, 2012)

Federal Legal Corner: Rehabilitation Act Violated (Published: April 4, 2012)

Federal Legal Corner: Failure to Reassign Violates Rehabilitation Act (Published: March 28, 2012)

Federal Legal Corner: Disparate Impact Based on Age (Published: March 21, 2012)

Federal Legal Corner: Employee Wins at EEOC after Decade-Long Fight (Published: March 14, 2012)

Federal Legal Corner: Threat of Discipline Found to be Reprisal (Published: March 7, 2012)

Federal Legal Corner: Compensatory Damages Ordered (Published: February 22, 2012)

Federal Legal Corner: Standard for Sexual Harassment (Published: February 15, 2012)

Federal Legal Corner: Independence of Medical Examination (Published: February 8, 2012)

Federal Legal Corner: No Bias Found in Non-Selection (Published: February 1, 2012)

Federal Legal Corner: Performance Standards Upheld (Published: January 25, 2012)

Federal Legal Corner: Agency Made ‘Illusory’ Promise (Published: January 18, 2012)

Federal Legal Corner: Settlement Can Waive USERRA Rights (Published: January 11, 2012)

Federal Legal Corner: Supporting a Hostile Work Environment Claim (Published: January 5, 2012)

Federal Legal Corner: Appeal Rights of Probationers (Published: December 22, 2011)

Federal Legal Corner: Duty to Provide Reasonable Accommodation (Published: December 14, 2011)

Federal Legal Corner: Religious Discrimination and Reprisal (Published: December 7, 2011)

Federal Legal Corner: Denial of Promotion Claim (Published: November 30, 2011)

Federal Legal Corner: Jurisdiction Over Reprisal Mixed Cases (Published: November 23, 2011)

Federal Legal Corner: Army Held Liable for Sexual Harassment (Published: November 16, 2011)

Federal Legal Corner: Greater Rights in Suspensions Sought (Published: November 9, 2011)

Federal Legal Corner: MSPB Mitigates Penalty (Published: November 2, 2011)

Federal Legal Corner: MSPB Asked to Reopen Whistleblower Case (Published: October 26, 2011)

Federal Legal Corner: New Standards Set on Attorney Fees (Published: October 19, 2011)