FCC Denies Workplace Retaliation Claims by Employee
The District of Columbia U.S. District Court lacks jurisdiction to hear FCC employee Sharon Stewart's employment retaliation complaint since she hasn't exhausted all her administrative remedies, the agency said Tuesday in an answer (in Pacer) to Stewart's amended complaint (see…
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1609300016) filed this month. The FCC also said Stewart's claims she was penalized after complaining of a hostile work environment in the Office of Communications Business Opportunities are barred since they differ from or exceed the scope of a discrimination charge, and any actions it took regarding Stewart "were for legitimate, non-discriminatory, non-retaliatory reasons, were based on good faith and were not in violation of any federal law." Counsel for Stewart said Wednesday they stand by the claims.