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Question: 1.Federal government employees must file their employment discrimination claims with the Equal Em...

1.Federal government employees must file their employment discrimination claims with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) within 15 days of the discriminatory event.

True

False

2.

Under de novo review:

the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission does not issue a right-to-sue letter.

the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission prohibits an employee from taking his or her discrimination case to a court.

an employment discrimination case is handled by a court as if it were new.

an employee claiming workplace discrimination does not go through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission\'s administrative process.

Solution

Let us understand the explanation to both the questions one by one:

Answer 1:

The federal government employees, if they feel they are facing any kind of discrimination, can file their employment discrimination complaint within 15 days from the day he/ she receives a notice from the EEO counsellor, mentioning the way to file the complaint. The notice is sent to the employee after the final interview with the counsellor. The 15 days deadline is decided by looking at the calendar starting from the date an employee have received the notice. If in case the 15^th day on the calendar is a weekend or a federal holiday, in that case the deadline is shifted to the next working day. Therefore the answer is TRUE.

Answer 2:

De novo review is a Latin term which means ‘Afresh’ or ‘New trial’. De novo review refers to the situation where the appeals court is given a chance to substitute/ reframe its own judgement that if judgement was made correctly by the lower court or not. Under De novo review, the appellate court behaves as if it is considering the case for the very first time and the employment discrimination case is handled as if it is new. Hence the correct answer is the employment discrimination case is handled as if it is new.