Promotions

Jacksonville has reportedly reached a tentative settlement of three fire department promotion-based race discrimination lawsuits. The three suits were brought by the US Department of Justice and the EEOC and allege disparate impact discrimination in the department’s promotional process between 2004 and 2011.

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A veteran FDNY medic who was passed over for promotion to rescue medic due to his age, is suing for age discrimination. Edwin Tweedy claims an FDNY doctor disqualified him from further consideration for the promotion on account of his age.

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Today’s burning question: Can a senior officer ask a firefighter his/her intentions on whether they plan to stay or leave the department? Would this qualify as harassment or discrimination? Answer: There is no law that prohibits an officer from asking a firefighter about his/her future plans. There is nothing inherently harassing nor discriminatory in the question itself. However...

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Florida’s 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the claims of a female division chief that she was discriminated against when she was not selected as fire chief for Marion County Fire Rescue. However, the appeals court reversed the trial court on her retaliation claim.

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An Alaska firefighter has been awarded $778,951.69 following a jury trial that began last summer. Jeff Graham sued the City of Anchorage in Third Judicial District Court back in 2015 claiming he had been discriminated against on account of his ...

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Cleveland officials are investigating allegations of cheating on a fire department promotional exam. The test was administered last summer to 147 members seeking promotion to lieutenant and captain.

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Seven civilian employees of FDNY have filed a 59 page civil suit in federal court alleging that wide-ranging and systemic race discrimination persists in the department. The suit was filed December 1, 2017 seeking class action status for three groups of individuals, identified as “Job Selection Class”, “Compensation Class”, “EMS Lieutenant Class”

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A jury has ruled that the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue did not discriminate or retaliate against an African American fire captain who claims she was wrongfully passed over for promotion. Captain Faye Davis sued the department and IAFF Local 1403 in 2012 accusing both of race and gender discrimination as well as retaliation.

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Cincinnati is facing a lawsuit by one of its district chiefs who claims he was passed over for promotion twice and labeled a troublemaker because he reported possible wrongdoing by other chiefs. District Chief Raffel Prophett filed suit last week naming City Manager Harry Black individually and in his capacity as city manager.

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Two Charlotte Fire Department captains have filed suit claiming the former fire chief illegally terminated a promotional list for battalion chief, and in the process wrongfully denied them promotions. Captains Michael Clumpner and Jeffrey Matthews filed suit last week in ...

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A lawsuit filed by 140 black St. Louis firefighters challenging the promotional test for captain and battalion chief has been settled with a comprehensive agreement to overhaul the promotional process. The suit was filed in state court by the 140 named firefighters and the Firefighters Institute for Racial Equality alleging that the 2013 promotional process was racially discriminatory.

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The Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals has for the second time had to reverse Cuyahoga Court of Common Pleas Judge Hollie Gallagher, ruling in favor of Cleveland Firefighters IAFF Local 93’s efforts to block non-competitive promotions to battalion chief and assistant fire chief.

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A jury has awarded a San Jose battalion chief $800,000 for retaliation, while ruling in favor of the city on identical claims by a former fire captain. BC Patricia Tapia and Captain Debra Ward sued the city in 2014 claiming they has been unlawfully retaliated against after settling a discrimination lawsuit in 2012.

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A deputy chief in Plainfield, New Jersey is suing the city and his fire chief for reverse discrimination. Deputy Chief Jeffrey Courtney alleges that Fire Chief Frank Tidwell discriminated against him on account of his race.

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