Firm Highlights

• EEOC GRANTS SECOND PETITION FOR ENFORCEMENT FINDING THAT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY FAILED TO APPROPRIATELY DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF BACK PAY, WITH INTEREST, DUE THE PETITIONER AND THAT INCREASES IN SES-LEVEL PAY INCREASES, AWARDS AND BONUSES ARE NOT SPECULATIVE IN NATURE. More than five years after the EEOC initially affirmed an EEOC Administrative Judge's finding the U.S. Department of the Treasury liable for sex discrimination when Petitioner was not selected for an SES position, the EEOC once again ordered the U.S. Department of the Treasury to calculate the Petitioner's salary based upon the assumption that she would have received the highest performance review available for each review period and should award benefits that the average outstanding SES employee at the agency received during each fiscal year at issue. Further, the EEOC found the Petitioner entitled to receive attorney fees. See Farrell v. Dep't of Treasury, Petition No. 0420070019 (Oct. 24, 2008); see also Farrell v. Dep't of Treasury, EEOC Appeal No. 07A20043 (May 3, 2003).
  
  
•  PETER J. JEFFREY, THE FIRM'S MEMBER &DIRECTOR OF LITIGATION, HAS BEEN APPOINTED A PART-TIME FACULTY MEMBER AT THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, COLUMBUS SCHOOL OF LAW. Mr. Jeffrey will teach Fair Employment Law at the Columbus School of Law during the Spring 2009 semester. See generally http://www/law/edu.
• EEOC ISSUES DECISION HOLDING THAT BEING RELIEVED OF ONE'S DUTIES AND INVOLUNTARILY DETAILED TO ANOTHER POSITION RESULTS IN A HARM THAT IS REASONABLY LIKELY TO DETER PROTECTED ACTIVITY. On appeal to the EEOC, Mahoney & Jeffrey, PLLC, successor firm to Mahoney & Mahoney, LLP won a reversal of the agency's improper dismissal of complainant's claim of reprisal on the grounds that the complaint failed to state a claim when he was subjected to a misconduct investigation and thereafter relieved of his duties and detailed to another position. See Smith v. Sec'y of the Army, EEOC Appeal No. 0120071175 (Apr. 26, 2007).
  
  
• EEOC ISSUES DECISION HOLDING THAT A COMPLAINANT'S FORMAL COMPLAINT IS DEEMED FILED ON THE DATE IT WAS SENT TO THE AGENCY VIA FEDEX. On appeal to the EEOC, Mahoney & Jeffrey, PLLC, successor firm to Mahoney & Mahoney, LLP won a reversal of the agency's improper dismissal of the complainant's complaint on the grounds that the complaint was untimely. See Massey v. Sec'y of the Army, EEOC Appeal No. 0120070298 (Feb. 16, 2007).
  
  
• EEOC ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE ISSUES RARE DEFAULT JUDGMENT AGAINST THE USDA AS A SANCTION FOR THEIR MISCONDUCT. Mahoney & Jeffrey, PLLC, successor firm to Mahoney & Mahoney, LLP won relief for a Federal Employee in a novel Race & National Origin Discrimination by Association and "Regarded as" Disability Discrimination case. See Steven A. Johnson v. Mike Johanns, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, EEOC CASE No. 520-2006-00120X, Agency No. FSA 2005-00711 (EEOC New York District Office, Boston Area Office, Sanctions Order Issued Jan. 22, 2007) (Press Release).
  
  
• Mahoney & Jeffrey, PLLC, successor firm to Mahoney & Mahoney, LLP represented a manager at the Federal Election Commission in successfully settling her claims of sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and retaliation against that agency. See The Washington Post, Mar. 8, 2006, The Federal Page;
  
  
• Mahoney & Jeffrey, PLLC, successor firm to Mahoney & Mahoney, LLP settled a disabled cancer survivor's claim of disability discrimination and retaliation in federal employment against the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. See the Gazette Newspaper June 3, 2005.
  

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