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American Federation of Government Employees
AFGE Wins Unprecedented Damages Award in EEO Case Against TSA
May 1st, 2009
In another workplace victory for the American Federation of Government Employees, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently ruled that the Transportation Security Administration discriminated against a TSA employee based on disability when the agency removed him from his position four years ago. On April 6, an EEOC administrative judge found that the Assistant Federal Security Director at Washington Dulles International Airport did not believe that the TSA was required to follow the Rehabilitation Act and the HR Specialist assigned to monitor requests for disability accommodation didn't understand "basic tenets" of the law. Furthermore, in a chilling...
Source: Health Business Week (2009-05-01)
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