Read summaries of court cases and decisions that impact federal employees and retirees.
It remains legal for agencies to discriminate against federal employees based on sexual orientation. This was reiterated by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, which recently granted summary judgment in favor of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
A Navy employee told to take a random drug test left before the test and created a complex tale to explain his actions during the multiple levels of appeal that followed his removal.
A woman decided to honor Thomas Jefferson’s birthday at the Jefferson Memorial through an “expressive dance” with 17 of her friends. She was arrested and filed a lawsuit against the arresting Park Police Officer.
An appeals court recently issued an en banc decision finding the U.S. District Court of for the Northern District of Alabama erred in granting summary judgment in a sexual harassment case where the harassment was not directed specifically at the plaintiff.
DHS removed an immigration inspector with 15 years of government service for “knowingly associating with an illegal alien” after she had married the man.
Did the Justice Department violate a “last chance” settlement agreement by not selecting the affected employee for various law enforcement positions for which she applied?
A VA Medical Center employee was fired for, among other charges, brandishing a knife, but he argued it was a “utility utensil.”
The widow of a federal employee who missed having 10 years of creditable federal service by thirteen days, has now lost before the appeals court on her bid for a survivor annuity benefit under FERS.
HHS has been ordered to hire a veteran and to compute back pay and benefits where the agency conceded that it would have selected a veteran had it not made an error in removing his name from the list of candidates for a competitive service position.
An appeals court has let stand the demotion of a Postmaster to a Supervisor in the Sacramento District of the US Postal Service.
