We wish everyone a Happy New Year!
As a recap, in 2024, the EEOC took an important step forward with the commencement of Pre-Hearing Conferences for a group of claimants selected by the EEOC. In advance of any Pre-Hearing Conferences with the Administrative Judges, the selected claimants worked with our attorneys to make written submissions to the EEOC. Shortly before the relief hearings were to take place, the EEOC postponed the hearings. The EEOC judges indicated that they needed time to work through issues raised during the Pre-Hearing Conference.
As we enter 2025, we are hopeful that this additional time provides the EEOC the ability to work through issues to streamline the hearing and relief process. As soon as we hear about hearings being rescheduled or any other action from the EEOC, we will of course update everyone.
As always, please update our offices if your contact information has changed. Feel free to email us at [email protected]. While the EEOC generally notifies claimants directly if selected for a hearing, as soon as we are aware, we also begin reaching out to claimants. In order to reach you, we need your updated contact information!
As an additional update, in 2023, at the request of the USPS, the EEOC Administrative Judge dismissed a small group of claimants (approximately 281 individuals) finding that they were not part of the class because they were never assessed under the NRP. In making such a decision, the Administrative Judge relied upon the USPS’s records which indicated that these individuals were not assessed.
Our attorneys filed an appeal of the dismissal of this group of individuals and in late December 2024, the EEOC agreed with the Administrative Judge that these claimants should be dismissed since they were not assessed under the NRP. While these individuals are not part of the NRP class action, they still had the ability to bring their own discrimination claims separate from the class action, if they had done so in a timely manner.
Our attorneys have been in regular communication with those claimants impacted by this dismissal order in both 2023 and 2024. As long as your contact information is updated with our office, you would have received several communications advising you that you are part of this small group of claimants.
Please continue to monitor this website for updates in the coming months.