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Federal employees with disabilities sue DOJ over reasonable accommodations

Federal employees with disabilities are suing the Justice Department for denying their reasonable accommodations requests to telework. A new class action complaint alleges that DOJ’s new policy violates the Rehabilitation Act. Two DOJ employees involved in the lawsuit previously had approved telework accommodations for years, due to a disability. But after strict return-to-office requirements, their telework accommodations were later denied.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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  Lawsuit charges Schedule Policy/Career violates Civil Service Reform Act

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  House 2027 defense spending bill heads to the full chamber

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  Military commissaries may open to DoD civilian employees

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  Air Force and Space Force spouses to get help with the job search

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  Office of Naval Research rolls out new science and technology strategy

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  More National Park Service employees vote to unionize

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  Senate Armed Services Committee releases NDAA details

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  A second cohort of technology executives are joining the Army Reserve

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  Lawmakers renew effort to offer paid family and medical leave to feds

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  Senate Democrats urge reversal of ruling threatening civil service protect…

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  Service members could see a 5% to 7% pay raise in 2027

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  Lawmaker wants answers about proposed NDAs for feds

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  House adds DoD name change to NDAA

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  OPM is hiring positions aimed at building out AI across the government

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  Federal telework temporarily returns to FIFA World Cup host cities