Obtained disability retirement and a cash settlement for a postal employee, thus allowing him to relocate from Florida to New York to be with his family in order to recover from a medical condition.
Achieved reinstatement of a Federal Air Marshall with full back pay and benefits for a total compensation of over $100,000 after his termination.
Obtained reversal of a denial of disability retirement for a postal employee by the OPM, plus attorneys fees from the MSPB.
Air Transport Manufacturing Corp. based in Sun Valley, California was recently ordered to pay back employee ERISA funds. When the aircraft equipment and parts manufacturer went out of business in 2008, its employees lost a total of $601,736 in retirement funds. After closing, the U.S. Labor Department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration began investigating the company. [...]
This week, officials from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that they are considering new regulations that would ban discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation in its housing programs. While legislation like the Fair Housing Act does not permit discrimination based on race, sex, nationality, religion or disability, it does [...]
Industry regulators fined Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch over failures involving college-savings plans. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority held the disciplinary action against Merrill Lynch on Tuesday. The college saving products are called 529 plans and Merrill Lynch allegedly failed to supervise the procedures to make sure that their representatives were looking into the [...]
A cosmetic manufacturer in Idaho and the research company working with them has announced that they will pay $30,000 to resolve a federal discrimination case. Northwest Cosmetic Labs were accused of firing a black, British intern because of her race and color. The unidentified woman was hired after having a phone interview for the position. [...]
