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	<description>KATOR, PARKS &#38; WEISER, P.L.L.C. is a Washington, D.C. based law firm with a civil practice in employment law</description>
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		<title>KPW Argues Key Case Before D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals</title>
		<link>http://www.katorparks.com/2012/04/17/kpw-argues-key-case-before-d-c-circuit-court-of-appeals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 9, 2012, Michael Kator, Chair of KPW&#8217;s appellate practice section, argued a highly anticipated case that will help determine the legal requirements for discrimination claims.  KPW represents Jorge Ponce, a federal employee who claims to have been discriminated against because of his race when he was not selected for a position at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Employees Must Act Quickly to File an EEO Complaint</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The law protects federal employees or job applicants from discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, pregnancy, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information. The law also protects federal employees from retaliation if they oppose employment discrimination, file a complaint of discrimination, or participate in the EEO complaint process in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EEO Complaint or Grievance for a Federal Employee?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Something discriminatory has happened to you in the federal workplace, and you don’t know whether to file an EEO complaint or a grievance about the matter.  Here are some things to consider in making the decision about which route to choose. Under the EEOC’s regulations, a federal employee may file either an EEO complaint or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent Decision Strengthens Due Process for Federal Employees</title>
		<link>http://www.katorparks.com/2012/03/18/recent-decision-strengthens-due-process-for-federal-employees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) has again strengthened due process protections for federal employees, when it cancelled the removal of a federal employee because the agency considered aggravating penalty factors which had not been  disclosed to the employee.  The employee was a criminal investigator who had been terminated from federal service by the Department [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disability Retirement for Federal Employees</title>
		<link>http://www.katorparks.com/2012/03/01/disability-retirement-for-federal-employees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal disability retirement is a benefit accorded to all federal employees under either the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS).  Certain minimum requirement must be met in order for an federal employee to be eligible under CSRS or FERS. First, for CSRS employees, he or she must have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back Pay Act Restored for FAA Employees</title>
		<link>http://www.katorparks.com/2012/02/22/back-pay-act-restored-for-faa-employees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.katorparks.com/2012/02/22/back-pay-act-restored-for-faa-employees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 14, 2012, President Obama signed into law the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012.  The statute includes a little known, but very important, “technical correction.”  This correction retroactively restores to the Merit Systems Protection Board all remedial authority for FAA employees.  In the mid-1990s, Congress permitted the FAA to largely opt out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KPW Argues &#8220;Difficult&#8221; Case Before the Federal Circuit</title>
		<link>http://www.katorparks.com/2012/02/16/kpw-argues-difficult-case-before-the-federal-circuit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 10, 2012, Michael Kator argued before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a case involving threats to due process protections for federal government employees.  In the case of Norris v. Securities and Exchange Commission, Mr. Kator asked the court to reverse a termination decision, and protect worker due process rights.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal government focuses on sexual orientation discrimination</title>
		<link>http://www.katorparks.com/2012/02/09/federal-government-focuses-on-sexual-orientation-discrimination/</link>
		<comments>http://www.katorparks.com/2012/02/09/federal-government-focuses-on-sexual-orientation-discrimination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KPW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal government has focused on stopping discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) federal employees and applicants.  The Office of Special Counsel recently invited Kator, Parks &#38; Weiser to a meeting to explore the federal government&#8217;s focus on this area.  The U.S. Office of Personnel Management recently published a helpful guide for LGBT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to KPW Blog!</title>
		<link>http://www.katorparks.com/2012/02/08/welcome-to-kpw-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.katorparks.com/2012/02/08/welcome-to-kpw-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KPW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keep up to date on Kator, Parks &#38; Weiser&#8217;s class actions, and learn about important decisions and trends in employment law on the KPW Blog.]]></description>
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