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A federal employer must pay interest on an award of back pay in an age discrimination case, the 9th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
The federal Back Pay Act generally waives the government's sovereign immunity from liability for interest on a back pay award.
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The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (Agency) is issuing an interim final rule to amend its regulations governing back pay awards and retirement benefits court orders. This rule clarifies that the regulations governing a participant's options for electing makeup contributions when he or she receives a back pay award or other retroactive pay adjustment apply when the back pay award or other retroactive pay adjustment is for a period during which the participant was not appointed to a position that is covered by FERS, CSRS, or an equivalent system under which TSP participation is authorized. This rule also clarifies that an attorney is not a permissible payee for a retirement benefits court order or legal process affecting the Thrift Savings Plan and ensures that the date used t...
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently issued a decision that is significant on two fronts. First, the court found that an individua...
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Mandamus — Back pay — Duty to mitigate — Employee whose position was eliminated in violation of statute entitled to back pay that is not offset by Social Security benefits — SERS pension benefits must offset back-pay award — Attorney fees not recoverable in mandamus action.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently issued
a decision that is significant on two fronts. First, the court
found that an individua...
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A legally enforceable decree ordering an employer to pay to an employee retroactively a designated increase in his or her salary ...
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A successful hostile environment claim, without a successful constructive discharge claim, isn't enough to support a back pay award, the 3rd Circuit has ruled.
The plaintiff, who is hearing-impaired, brought an ADA claim against Wal-Mart alleging that it didn't reasonably accommodate her disability and subjected her to a hostile work environment. A jury decided in her favor on the hostile work environment claim and awarded her $15,000 for back pay.
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When an employer unlawfully discharges an employee for union-related activity in violation of federal labor law, one of the traditional remedies i...
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The Lawrence Federation of Paraprofessionals' contract has long included a provision that instructional assistants who perform duties beyond their usual jobs-such as tutoring small groups in reading, as the district had them do-should be paid the same amount as others doing the same work.
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A federal judge indicated Tuesday he's close to awarding another $2 million or so to 17 white men who successfully claimed discrimination kept them from being promoted to captain under former Milwaukee Police Chief Arthur Jones.
A jury awarded the plaintiffs $2.2 million in damages in April, but the case returned to court this week for more haggling over money the back pay and other lost compensation the men say they should have made as captains.