Status Update – USPS SEEKS TO DIVIDE AND UNDERCUT CLASS MEMBER CLAIMS FOR RELIEF On February 26, 2019, USPS attorneys filed a response to Class Counsel’s Motion for Entry of a Case Management Order. The Postal Service attacks Class Counsel’s role in the process, renaming them as “Phase I Class Counsel,” and referring to Ms. […]
Status Update – Class proposes “case management order” that would establish a comprehensive claims determination processNow that the Postal Service has disputed every individual claim for relief (over 28,000), the EEOC must establish a fair and efficient claims determination process in accordance with EEOC rules. The EEOC has never been faced with a claimant class […]
Status UpdateWe understand that some class members who submitted claims for individual relief have received response letters again from the Postal Service. Please send our office a copy of any letters that you receive from the Postal Service as soon as possible. We recommend emailing such letters to us at [email protected] or faxing us at […]
Status Update – Notice of Vacated Final Agency Decision Given the final decision from the EEOC regarding our appeal (see below), the Postal Service has begun sending out Notice of Vacated Final Agency Decisions and Contact Information Update Sheets. Our contact information is as follows: Law Firm:Thomas & Solomon LLP Address:693 East AvenueRochester, NY 14607 […]
Status Update – Decision on Appeal regarding Premature FADsAs previously reported on June 27, 2018 (see below), the Postal Service prematurely issued thousands of Final Agency Decisions in this case, thereby undermining the ability of class members to provide a full presentation in support of their claims for individual relief. We appealed this improper action […]
Status Update – CONTACT US IF USPS SENDS YOU FORMS The Postal Service has sent forms to be completed by some claimants. If you have retained our firms to represent you, and if you have received forms recently from USPS, please call us immediately at 585-272-0540 to discuss completing these forms. Please also send us […]
Status Update Appeal brief has been filed. […]
Status Update Appeal pending. See below for more information. […]
Status Update – Notice of Appeal Filed Click here for a copy of the notice of appeal filed on July 12, 2018. […]
Current Status of the Case – Final Agency Decisions Issued Prematurely by USPSWe have learned that the Postal Service has begun issuing Final Agency Decisions (FADs) on individual claims, summarily rejecting all relief. We believe that this action by the Postal Service is improper. EEOC guidance sets forth an orderly process for the Administrative Judge […]