Federal Circuit

Jun 20th

Fired Postal Supervisor failed to convince Appeals Court his disability caused fight, settlement of MSPB case

Federal Court rejects  Postal Supervisor’s attempt to reinstate appeal. Postal Supervisor did not present any evidence  to establish that bipolar disorder impaired his decision-making capability. The facts collected from several cases are as follows: June 04, 2015 – On July 7, 2010, Eric Vaughan was removed from his position as Postal Supervisor, Distribution Operations, EAS-17 […]

Aug 28th

Court rules FedEx Ground drivers are employees, not independent contractors

Decision could cost FedEx $millions Some 2,300 past and present FedEx drivers in California  and 360 in Oregon are employees, not contractors, and are entitled to overtime and other benefits because of the extensive control the delivery company exercises over their work, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. FedEx contends that its drivers are independent […]

Aug 3rd

Postmaster forced to retire after threatened with criminal prosecution for delay of mail

Let me try again to post legal cases that may be interesting to readers. This case is similar to the one where an employee was called “a terrorist” and face criminal prosecution after filing an OSHA complaint. But in this case the 37-year employee was threatened with criminal prosecution after filing an EEO complaint. Since […]