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.
On December 16, 2011, the EEOC’s Office of Federal Operations (OFO) issued its decision in Malekpour v. Department of Transportation, EEOC Appeal No. 0720100016. OFO upheld the administrative judge’s finding that threatening Malekpour with discipline for refusing to mediate claims associated with his EEO complaint constituted EEO reprisal. Malekpour was an aerospace engineer working for [...]
Mid-level federal managers may have better than usual opportunities for promotions into the SES in the years ahead, with 35 percent of SESers currently eligible to retire, 53 percent eligible to retire in three years, and 64 percent being eligible to retire within the next five years. The data, gathered by the Partnership for Public [...]
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently approved final rules to improve the federal sector complaint process. The rules were first published December 21, 2009, for a 60-day notice and comment period, and more than 35 comments were lodged with the EEOC. Of special interest to federal employees is a provision directing agencies to notify complainants [...]
