Federal Sector Equal Employment Opportunity Practice Guide

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By Benjamin E. Wick

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Benjamin E. Wick

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LexisNexis

Release

09 February 2018

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Federal Employment & Labor Law Practice Guide

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1. Purpose and targeted users:

Purpose: To provide detailed practical guidance in of federal sector processing in equal employment opportunity cases from start to finish, including treatment of the procedural issues that arise in complaints and the legal standards that apply to specific discrimination claims. And to provide coverage of an area of law (federal equal employment opportunity laws) that does not have a lot of coverage, particularly practical guidance. The guide provides in-depth, practical guidance for both complainants (i.e., federal sector employees) and employers (various federal agencies).

Targeted users:

  • Primarily employment attorneys, including those who specialize in representing federal government employees/applicants, as well as those who practice employment discrimination generally and may, from time to time, have a federal sector case. Because issues for federal government employees often arise under different statutes, the Practice Guide also is useful for attorneys whose focus is in representing clients before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) or in Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) claims.

  • Human Resources (HR) and Labor or Employee Relations (LER) Specialist at federal government agencies, as they often initially receive reports of discrimination and are charged with advising management on these issues.

  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) (or comprable offices) in federal government agencies, who are charged with processing the EEO complaints of federal government employees.

  • Unions for federal government employees, who often advise members on the EEO complaint process.

    2. User benefits:

  • Provides coverage of area of law (federal equal employment opportunity laws) that does not have a lot of coverage, particularly practical guidance.

  • Includes numerous types of practical guidance, such as "Practice Tips," "Considerations," "Warnings," "Examples," and sample forms.

  • Provides in-depth, practical guidance for both complainants (i.e., federal sector employees) and employers (various federal agencies).

  • Includes differences between federal and private sector discrimination complaints, mainly information on how federal sector EEO complaint processing differs from private sector and, when applicable, where the law applied to federal sector cases diverges from private sector cases. The benefit of this is that understanding differences between state and federal complaints can be important for federal practitioners in helping them to craft arguments.

  • Provides extensive strategic advice for complainants in litigating EEO complaints, including developing evidence in support of their claims.

  • Provides strategic advice for agencies in litigating EEO complaints, as well as how to take steps in advance to prevail in litigation.

    3. Source authority:

    Benjamin E. Wick and Holly V. Franson are frequent writers and speakers on legal issues impacting federal employees and agencies. They have written articles on matters relevant to federal employees for various publications, as well as for Lexis Practice Advisor. They have presented at numerous conferences on topics focusing on individuals with disabilities. The topics of these presentations include providing reasonable accommodations in the workplace and determining best practices for disclosing disabilities to employers. Mr. Wick and Ms. Franson also have provided trainings to employers and employees on reasonable accommodations, diversity in the workplace, and discrimination laws applicable to federal employees.

    • Format

    ebook

    Author

    Benjamin E. Wick

    Publisher

    LexisNexis

    Release

    09 February 2018

    Share

    Subjects

    Federal Employment & Labor Law Practice Guide
    Federal Sector Equal Employment Opportunity Practice Guide