Religious Accommodation Test Before the Supreme Court
This case law update was written by James P. Garay Heelan , an attorney at the law firm of Shaw Bransford & Roth, where since 2021 she has represented federal officials and employees in all aspects of federal personnel employment law. Ms. Grieshammer also advises federal agencies and employers on employment issues, such as proposed disciplinary actions and other employment-related litigation.
Fourth Circuit: MSPB Can't Adjudicate "Mixed Case" of EEO Claims, IRA Appeals
The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) lacks jurisdiction to address equal employment opportunity (EEO) claims in “individual right of action” whistleblower reprisal appeals, the Fourth Circuit recently held.
EEOC Report Finds Rise in Compliance with Antidiscrimination Law at Federal Agencies
Last month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) revealed progress among (Equal Employment Opportunity) EEO directors reporting directly to agencies leaders.
VA Employee Asks Eleventh Circuit To Ease EEO Reprisal Legal Standard For Federal Employees
FEDmanager recently reported the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Babb v. Wilkie. In Babb, the Supreme Court reversed a panel of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and held the prohibition against age discrimination in the federal workplace was broader than that applied in the private sector. We update you now that plaintiff Noris Babb is requesting the full Eleventh Circuit to apply the Supreme Court’s holding to lower the bar to establish EEO reprisal claims in the federal workplace.