EEOC: Resource Document for Military Service Members & Veterans Facing Employment Discrimination

Posted on November 11, 2022 by 21cpw

EEOC Press Release – November 10, 2022 WASHINGTON- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a resource document, “Protections Against Employment Discrimination for Service Members and Veterans,” describing federal protections from unlawful employment discrimination against service members and veterans. The document, jointly-authored by the EEOC, the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal…

USPS Loses Covid-Based Bid to Block In-Person Job Bias Testimony

Posted on November 5, 2020November 5, 2020 by 21cpw

By Patrick Dorrian – November 4, 2020 USPS sought court order to protect two witnesses But failed to show why CDC guidelines not enough A former U.S. Postal Service employee in South Carolina can depose fact witnesses in-person in her sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit, after a federal court rejected the renewed contention that the…

USPS worker sues for sexual harassment and retaliation

Posted on January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 by 21cpw

By Angela Kennecke – Januray 9, 2020 SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A Sioux Falls woman, who is marking her 20-year career with the United States Postal Service, is suing her employer in federal court for sexual discrimination and retaliation. Cindy Ekeren works as a mail clerk at the USPS processing and distribution center…

Bay Area Letter Carriers Sue USPS for Employing Serial Sexual Harasser

Posted on February 19, 2019February 19, 2019 by 21cpw

Press Release – January 15, 2019 SAN FRANCISCO (January 15, 2019) —Legal Aid at Work and Stewart & Musell LLP, with the support of the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund, have filed a sex harassment lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service on behalf of two female letter carriers for failing to stop a serial harasser…

USPS Supervisor Transferred, Not Fired, After Harassment Claims, Worker Says

Posted on October 3, 2018October 3, 2018 by 21cpw

By Regina Waldroup – October 1, 2018 It’s hard work, but Courtney Ferguson says she loves her job with the post office. She’s been at a facility in Schiller Park for four years now. “The post office is a great job to have,” she told NBC 5 Monday. What Ferguson said she didn’t expect in…

OIG Report: Postal Service Workplace Violence Program

Posted on October 5, 2016October 5, 2016 by 21cpw

Background The U.S. Postal Service has an obligation to ensure the safety of its employees by creating and maintaining a violence-free work environment. Workplace violence can occur at or outside of a postal facility while an employee is working and can range from threats and verbal abuse to physical assaults and homicides. Postal Service employees…

Postal Service Driver Seeks $1 Million in Sex Harassment Suit

Posted on October 9, 2015October 9, 2015 by 21cpw

By Megan Spicer – October 6, 2015 A U.S. Postal Service employee is seeking $1 million in damages after alleging that she was sexually harassed by her former boyfriend, who was her supervisor in the office where she worked. Maria Rosario, of Windsor Locks, has been a Postal Service driver since July 2012. In her…

EEOC: No Quick Fix for Workplace Harassment say Social Scientists

Posted on June 15, 2015June 15, 2015 by 21cpw

PRESS RELEASE 6-15-15 WASHINGTON – There is no one magic bullet to stop workplace harassment or prevent its occurrence and the efficacy of solutions such as training varies widely, a panel of psychologists told the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) Select Task Force on Workplace Harassment (STF) at a public meeting held today. This…