It is the rare employee who at some point in his or her career is not accused of some wrongdoing. It may be a subordinate employee who becomes disgruntled with a manager and decides to pick up the phone and make an anonymous allegation to an IG hotline or file an OSC whistleblower complaint. Or it could be an employee who didn’t get a promotion, or got a fully successful rather than a highly successful, or didn’t get a detail or job assignment that they wanted, or did get one that they didn’t want. In each instance the manager could be (and sometimes is) accused of discrimination, retaliation or creating a hostile work environment and is forced to defend his/her actions. FEDS provides you with quality legal counsel to defend employees accused of discrimination, retaliation, or sexual harassment by subordinate employees, under a federal EEO system that allows employees to accuse managers and other employees of discrimination with impunity and without any real proof or justification of wrongdoing.
$2 Million Liability Option Available
FEDS is pleased to announce that it is offering new limits in its liability coverage—federal employees will now have a choice between one and two million dollar indemnity limits:
up to $2,000,000 is available for the low cost of $370 annually
up to $1,000,000 is still available at the low cost of $270 annually.
In addition to the defense and indemnification limits provided in the civil defense provision of the policy, the PLI policy entitles a federal employee who is accused of some kind of wrongdoing in the course of rendering a professional service to have his/her legal fees paid up to $200,000 in an administrative investigation, a disciplinary action or judicial sanction proceeding; and up to $100,000 for criminal legal defense.
2/1/2010