On May 5, 2014, the Postal Service mailed to RJ Pittman (aka Edmond Walker) EEO class members a Claim Form and Release. Buried in the Release are some severe consequences to be aware of. Pittman EEO class members consist of disabled employees in permanent rehabilitation assignments/limited duty positions whose duty hours during the period from […]
Over the next couple of weeks PostalReporter.com will be playing catch-up on posting legal cases filed by postal employees via EEOC, MSPB, Federal courts and other government agencies. Disability Discrimination The Postal Service did not subject an employee to disability discrimination when a postal supervisor refused the employees request for accommodation. The employee, a letter […]
Over the next couple of weeks PostalReporter.com will be playing catch-up on posting legal cases filed by postal employees via EEOC, MSPB, Federal courts and other government agencies. Two of the cases listed below are updates on EEOC class actions. The first cases are snippets of EEOs filed by bargaining and non-bargaining postal employees.
The Postal Service has entered into a settlement to resolve all claims in a national employment discrimination class action lawsuit regarding deaf or hard of hearing employees and applicants. Among other things, the settlement requires the Postal Service to competitively select and enter into a contract with an independent ombudsperson. The ombudsperson will serve for […]
A female Postal Inspector filed a formal EEO complaint on March 29, 2005 alleging that the Postal Service denied her promotional opportunities based on race and sex. She stated that these non-selections were part of a continuing pattern of discriminatory promotion practices. The female Postal Inspector was seeking class certification for all African-American female Postal […]
EEOC has issued a decision that the USPS did in fact breach class settlement agreement. EEOC has granted class agent Clarence Hill the right to sue on behalf of the the 77,000 plus disabled veterans.’ EEOC also granted Hill the right to seek new legal representation to continue the Hill v Donahoe case for disabled […]
New York (July 31, 2013) — A Washington federal judge on Thursday gave final approval to a settlement agreement requiring the U.S. Postal Service to fork over $4.5 million to end a decade long class action alleging that the agency did not provide reasonable accommodations to its deaf and hearing-impaired employees.
This case is important because it confirms that EEOC can pursue claims of employment discrimination on behalf of persons whose identities may not be known at the outset of the case Federal Court Allows EEOC Disability Case to Proceed, Denying United Parcel Service’s Appeal Decision Important to Issue of Identifying Victims of Discrimination in Class […]
According to Hill vs Potter : Clarence Hill filed a class complaint alleging that the Postal Service discriminated against him and all disabled veteran applicants by making improper pre-employment medical inquiries. On February 18, 2011, Judge Davi named Corey Baskerville, Zedrick Jenkins,and Frank Vander Haar as additional Class Agents. Clarence Hill has not agreed to […]