Air Force Loses Round on Military Service Discrimination Claim
An appeal against the Air Force for discrimination based on military service has been kept alive by a recent federal appeals court decision.
Read summaries of court cases and decisions that impact federal employees and retirees.
An appeal against the Air Force for discrimination based on military service has been kept alive by a recent federal appeals court decision.
The federal appeals court has concluded that the Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Agency violated the USERRA by refusing to extend a criminal investigator’s tour in Lima, Peru.
An IRS employee failed with the MSPB, and now the court, to overturn her retirement as coerced.
A former Homeland Security personnel chief who resigned before the agency could revoke her clearance for making false statements to investigators landed a job with a sensitive DoD agency. When DHS alerted the new agency to the problems she sued both agencies under the Privacy Act.
A son whose father left him absolutely nothing in last-minute paperwork executed at a VA Hospital tried unsuccessfully to sue the VA employees who witnessed the father’s testamentary documents.
A Department of Air Force researcher appealed when her agency cancelled her RAND Fellowship, arguing it was in retaliation for her involvement in a federal court case. See how the Board and the appeals court reacted.
Find out why the FDIC’s revocation of an accepted term appointment offer is not an appealable “removal.”
A reemployed annuitant could not “create” appeal rights by having her previous agency change the type of her retirement. See why.
Legislation has been introduced that is intended to protect certain due process rights of federal employees serving in security sensitive positions.
A recent lawsuit unsuccessfully sought a ruling ordering OPM to require, rather than just encourage, FEHB insurers to cover certain equipment for the hearing impaired.