Written by Shannon Leary, practitioner before the EEOC and Chair of her law firm’s LGBTQIA+ Practice Group, Federal Sector LGBTQ Law and Procedure is an authoritative federal sector EEO practice guide for representatives litigating complaints involving allegations of sexual orientation and/or gender identity discrimination. Practice tips and citations to case law are discussed and applied to a variety of circumstances confronted by the practitioner when preparing and trying such cases before the EEOC. The book contains extensive discussion and analysis of the evolution of protections for LGTBQIA+ federal employees, as well as practical tips for representing those employees in the federal sector EEO process.

Federal Sector LGBTQIA+ Law and Procedure offers the history of relevant case law, policy, and guidance applicable to LGBTQIA+ federal employees; various legal claims and theories LGBTQIA+ federal employees may bring complaints under; strategies for the various stages of a federal sector complaint, including the informal and formal complaint processes, litigation, motions practice, and hearings before EEOC Administrative Judges; attorney fees and costs; compliance and enforcement. A detailed Index is included, as well as a free download of Reference Materials cited in the text.

This book helps practitioners on both sides better prepare, settle, and try EEO cases, with instruction on:

• Relevant Legal Sources – Statutes, Supreme Court and EEOC cases, EEOC policies and guidance, and relevant guidance and policies of other federal agencies
• Theories of Discrimination—intentional discrimination, disparate impact, harassment, reasonable accommodation, and reprisal
• EEO Complaint Process Overview—EEOC statutory jurisdiction and individual and class complaint processing
• Prehearing Practice and Discovery—request for hearing, docketing and acknowledgment, amendment and consolidation, motions practice, and discovery
• Remedies—back pay, front pay, compensatory damages, hearing practices, remedy procedures, enforcement of settlement agreements, and attorney fees and costs
• Settlement—reasons and methods for settlement, drafting agreements, and settlement devices

Available as a softcover book and/or a PDF file with many useful features delivered on a CD-ROM, USB Flash Drive, or download. Hyperlinks allow the reader to move quickly between the Table of Contents and Index entries and the corresponding portions of the text. Internal hyperlinks serve as a cross-reference feature within the text. Cases are linked to internet cites so that the entire case can be viewed.

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