Please know that the system with our recorded message can only handle a certain amount of callers at any given time, so please be patient if you do not get through the first time you call. In particular, the revised spreadsheet now provides an opportunity for Phase 1 Class Counsel, our offices, to review and comment on the Agency's designation of claims for each claimant. During the call, we voiced the frustration of our clients as to the continuous delay tactics used by the Agency that has made this process nearly fifteen years long and not yet complete. Important: the phone number referenced in the notice from the EEOC should read 1-877-465-4142, and the correct website link is as follows: https://www.eeoc-nrpphase2.com/Home/portalid/0. $24.99. The comprehensive spreadsheet must be filed by July 18, 2022. Please check this website frequently for updates. We need you to return the completed, signed Declaration form to us no later than March 25, 2019, in order for us to prepare and submit your complete claim package (including legal argument) to the EEOC Judge in a timely fashion. We strongly encourage timely cooperation if you receive the notice from the EEOC. Recently many claimants have been asking about the timeline as to when claims will be evaluated. Thank you for all of your continued patience with this case, and we hope to have more progress to report to everyone soon. The EEOC will review your submission and determine what categories of relief you are eligible for, and will also decide the dollar amount for your damages award (if any). Thomas & Solomon LLP - [About the Firm] 693 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14607 (877) 272-4066 (telephone M-F 8:30AM-5:30PM EST) (585) 272-0574 (facsimile) (585) 625-0274 (new temporary facsimile) NRP Class Action Update December 2020 added by on December 14, 2020 View all posts by Rick Owens We will continue to keep you posted on all major developments in the case. We fought this case all the way to a final decision, and the EEOC judge and appeals office found that the NRP was discriminatory. To help support your claim that you were harassed as part of the NRP, you should consider providing additional information in a Continuation sheet. Thanks to all who have returned Declarations to us. NRP Class Action Victory - Class Member Claims DUE NOW Please continue to monitor the website for further updates. Please note: we are using email to send these forms to our clients to the greatest extent possible. If you have questions related to filling out the Declaration form, please call us at 585-272-0540. In addition, it is possible that the Special Masters valuation of 2,200+ claims will help the parties evaluate possible settlement of claims. For our clients, please provide your updated contact information to us. USPS has submitted disputes to the EEOC for over 28,000 claims; to the best of our knowledge USPS has provisionally and/or partially accepted less than one percent of claims, and has made zero payments to any claimants. In other words, our clients should complete the forms and return them to us as soon as possible so we can help the Judge move forward in the claim review process. The EEOC may award you up to a maximum of $300,000 for proven harm caused by the NRP, including damages for pain, suffering and emotional distress. My Supervisor complained about my limitations. The Postal Service has sent forms to be completed by some claimants. Please continue to check our website for updates in the coming months and as always, feel free to give us a call as to where things stand. Thus, as of this time, nothing has changed in terms of possible settlement, and there is no need for you to take any action at this time regarding the possibility of settlement. The Judge set forth what the opt out claimant would need to expressly state in writing: that claimant is aware that they are seeking a Final Agency Decision (FAD) on whether they are entitled to damages and to how much they are entitled, that the FAD may or may not be in their favor, and if so, claimant has the right to seek an appeal from OFO, said appeal may or may not be reviewed given that there is a McConnell Class Action Remedial Phase litigation. Without your patience and persistence, the Postal Service would have won without a fight. If applicable to you, here are some possible short statements that can help explain what happened: The Judge did clarify that our firms no longer serve as Class Counsel to all claimants, but that we do represent those claimants who have retained us to represent them with their claims. A copy of the Case Management Order is available by clicking here. The judge directed that the USPS set up a website to post updates and orders in this case, and USPS announced that the website was now set up at www.uspsclassactionclaims.com. You may email our office at nrpclassaction@theemploymentattorneys.com or call us at 585-272-0540. And please call or email us if you have questions. We have recently received a final decision from the EEOC regarding our appeal. As always, we pledge to continue our hard fight for forward progress, advancing as far as possible, as fast as possible. Postal Service, EEOC Case No. 520-2010-00280X; Agency No. This date (July 12, 2018) is well before the 30-day deadline for filing an appeal from the earliest FAD that we know about. No new date has been scheduled, but please continue to check the website for updates. We deeply appreciate your extraordinary patience as this lengthy process moves forward. Various parties, including USPS, objected to terms of the judge's order, and it is our understanding that the judge is still considering those objections and possible changes to her plan to proceed. 693 East Avenue
Postal Service NRP Class Action Kator, Parks, Weiser & Wright, PLLC, represents the class of U.S. If you retain us and you turn down some relief that is offered as part of your claim, you would pay no contingency fee related to that rejected relief. Thank you for your support, assistance, and patience throughout this claims process. Please continue to monitor this website for updates on the case. March 4, 2022 - Status Update - Status Conference - NRP Class Action If you retain us, Class Counsel will review that information to ensure that you are provided all the relief you are due, and file an appeal if necessary in order to achieve that result. We strongly recommend that you do not opt out of this process. In that case a final decision has been rendered in favor of the injured workers. Show the Postal Service that discrimination has consequences please submit a timely claim! The National Reassessment Process (NRP) is a USPS program that reviews all injured-on-duty employees serving in limited duty and/or rehabilitation positions. When the judge provides information on how the claims process will be handled moving forward, we will post a new update on this website. A copy of the USPS Response brief and the USPS proposed Case Management Order is available by clicking here. If you are unsatisfied with the Postal Service's final decision on your claim, which would come after the EEOC judge makes a determination, we would represent you in an appeal of that decision to the EEOC in Washington. However, before you turn down any relief, you should speak with Class Counsel to explore your options. Please note that our firms (Thomas & Solomon, and Kator, Parks, Weiser & Harris) have stopped taking on new clients in this matter. The Order also states that the process to be used is that the Postal Service is to submit their legal brief and evidence by March 19, 2019; and that Class Member claimants are to submit their response briefs and evidence 20 days after that (although the Order notes that extensions to the deadlines may be permitted). As a reminder, the EEOC website through the third-party administrator is not associated with our office. On the one hand, the EEOC Judge is clearly interested in prompt forward action for this case, but on the other hand the EEOC has never handled a case with this many individual claims. We have notched many milestone successes in this case since 2006. Top Class Action Lawsuit Attorneys Rochester NY | Thomas & Solomon We understand that some class members who submitted claims for individual relief have received response letters again from the Postal Service. The Order does not accept the plan proposed by Class Counsel. As before, the EEOC Judge indicated a strong desire to move the claims process forward as quickly as possible. It is worth noting that on the video call was EEOC Administrative Judge McCauley and a data person from the EEOC. TOMY Trackmaster Thomas & Friends "DENNIS" 2009 WORKING Motorized Train. As a reminder, if you have any additional documents that you would like to be included in the final production to the Administrative Judge, and you have not yet provided them to our office, we must have them by March 6, 2020. We conducted extensive research, and came up with a list of five Special Masters who have great experience at reviewing large numbers of claims similar to the claims in this case. If you have not yet retained Class Counsel to represent you in your individual claim, and you now would like to retain Class Counsel, please contact us at NRPclassaction@theemploymentattorneys.com or by calling us at (585) 272-0540 or faxing us at (585) 272-0574. Please continue to closely monitor the websitewww.nrpclassaction.comin the coming days as our attorneys continue to provide additional guidance. At the very latest, you must complete, sign and return the form to us by March 25, 2019. Our proposed Case Management Order is carefully tailored to this unprecedented case. Each state has different laws governing this issue, and we recommend that you consult with someone in your area about planning your estate. Twelve Years a Slave: Was the Case of Solomon Northup Exceptional Our 30% fee will not be applied to any part of your recovery that you are required to pay back to the United States due to alleged overpayment to you by OWCP or OPM or Social Security. The USPS attorneys sought to use its repeated appeals as a way to stall the case further and challenge the Administrative Judges authority. We also noted that even their responses to the EEOC Administrative Judges questioning was further demonstration of their pattern of behavior: delay, deny, delay, deny. Now 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 law firm Thomas & Solomon, which fought the case in front of EEOC, has launched a website (link) to help impacted employees file claims, predicting USPS will fight back against every single individual. A lengthy status conference was held with the Administrative Judge on May 13, 2019. Today we filed our response to the USPS filing, pointing out that the USPS proposal would slow down the processing of these claims for no good reason. If you retain us, your total contingency fee payment will be 30%. As a result, all individual claims will be sent back to the Administrative Judge for appropriate processing, in accordance with EEOC Management Directive 110, Chapter 8, Section XII.C. Thomas & Solomon LLP
At this time, the Administrative Judge has not yet made her selection of Special Masters. We will provide an update to the website as soon as the Judge issues a decision. Please continue to check this website for updates. Our offices filed a motion for sanctions regarding the repeated failure of the Postal Service to comply with the Administrative Judges Order to produce a single spreadsheet with all claimant information and instead hiding behind an argument already rejected by the Judge. The main law suit challenging the NRP was a class action filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) based on disability discrimination -- McConnell v. USPS, EEOC Appeal No. If you are represented by our offices, you have received (or soon will receive) an automated telephone call from us, providing you with the special telephone number for you to call and hear the recording. Such production took place over several months back in 2012 and 2013. If the EEOC orders the Postal Service to pay attorney fees related to your claim, those fees would come directly to us and not relate in any way to the 30% contingency fee payment.Of course, as the case proceeds, we are unable to predict what the final outcome will be. My work hours were cut down so much, and my pay was reduced so badly, I had no option but to retire. An update will be provided following the May 12, 2022 status conference. The conference lasted a little over two hours. Establishing the foundation of how a company exists and functions, it is perceived as, perhaps, the most profound and steady rule of corporate jurisprudence. Yes, the Postal Service should have provided us the NRP file for each person. EEOC finds USPS practiced disability discrimination Salomon v A Salomon and Co Ltd [1897] AC 22. If you have any questions about the forms when you receive them, please contact us at 585-272-0540. Rochester NY, 14607
You should mail this letter to: USPS - NELU We are mailing Claim Declaration forms to all of the Class Members who have retained our firms to represent them in the claims process.