PRESS RELEASE 3-28-16 U.S. Postal Service Discriminated against Disabled Veteran Letter Carrier, EEOC Judge Rules MIAMI âAdministrative Judge Kimberly A. Greenleaf of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commissionâs (âEEOCâ) Miami District Office has ordered the United States Postal Service to pay $120,000 in monetary damages to Robert Wells, a Jupiter, Florida veteran who suffers from combat-related…
By Judy Harrison – November 13, 2015 PORTLAND, Maine â A federal jury on Tuesday awarded a former Auburn postal worker $150,000 after it determined that the U.S. Postal Service had failed to accommodate his disability. Steven Heath of Gray suffered from depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, according to court documents. He sued the…
By R. Douglas Taylor, Jr. – April 3, 2015 An employee who requests time off due to a medical or disability-related issue may have rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act or FMLA, the Americans with Disabilities Act or ADA and state and local corollaries to those laws. Depending on the factual circumstances, one…
In 2009, managers started involuntarily drafting employees from their bid jobs to run automated equipment such as the DBCS and AFSM-100 machines. Historically, I had problems with those operations causing inflammation, pain and complications with military service connected injuries for which I have a certified VA disability rating. When they began drafting folks, I submitted…
Many employers reserve the right to terminate a new employee at any time during a “probationary period” if they find a new hire is not suited for the job. All too often, this gives employers a false sense of security in the belief they can terminate an employee for any reason during that period. However,…
“Call your congressman who do not have to write down for you. It’s not the law!! Get an interpreter,” read the note handed to the deaf woman by a Port Orange, Fla., Post Office worker. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player By Ben Hooper – March 10, 2015 PORT ORANGE, Fla., March 10 (UPI) — The…
I frequently receive calls from clients involving an employee who is about to use up all of his medical leave, but who has little chance of returning to work â either at the end of his 12-week Family and Medical Leave Act leave period or anytime soon thereafter. Many times these calls involve an employee…
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), an annual campaign to promote awareness and sensitivity about disability matters in the workplace, is underway. This yearâs theme is âExpect. Employ. Empower.â NDEAM dates to 1945, when Congress designated a week in October to encourage employers to hire people with disabilities. The week was expanded to a full…
