A former firefighter for Marietta, Georgia is suing the city’s fire department and the city itself for gender discrimination and favoritism. Margaret Richardson filed the lawsuit earlier this year against the former Fire Chief Jackie Gibbs, who retired in December…
The backlog of whistleblower and prohibited personnel practice (PPP) cases more than doubled at the U.S. Office of Special Counsel between 2011 and 2016, with the number of backlogged cases expected to increase with the 2017 and 2018 reports. In…
Hostile Work Environment Claim Advances Based on Racial Slurs The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the dismissal of a plaintiff’s case and allowed a claim of a hostile work environment to continue through the courts. Brenda Smelter was…
The Georgia Department of Corrections paid out $429,005 in back wages to 1,257 correction officers after the federal government uncovered overtime violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) at more than forty corrections facilities across the state. The federal…
The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) currently has a backlog of 1,500 cases pending, as the panel potentially goes from one member to zero in the coming months. The acting chairman of the MSPB has stated that it will take…
The United States Justice Department ruled against a Georgia-based poultry company for employment discrimination against its noncitizen employees. According to federal attorneys, Mar-Jac Poultry violated federal employment discrimination laws when it demanded that all noncitizen employees of its business produce…
Receiving overtime pay for working long hours each week is a rewarding experience, and such compensation can help to stay on top of the bills, save money for large purchases, or plan a vacation. However, when an employer fails to pay a…
Federal Disability Retirement means ‘occupational’ disability where you become unable to perform duties for a specific occupation, unlike Social Security Disability which is a ‘total’ disability. What makes you eligible for the ‘Federal Disability Retirement’? Below are the requirements that…
The Fair Labor Standards Act has fixed a set minimum hourly wage limit of $7.25 including tips for servers working in restaurants and entitles them to receive overtime for hours worked in excess of the standard 40 hours in a week. Not…
A disability is an impedance that might be psychological, formative, scholarly, mental, physical or some mix of these. It considerably influences a man's life activities and might be available from birth or happen amid a man's lifetime. Social security benefits are…
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