The recent decision in Raffaele v. Potter reinforces that “unfairness” does not necessarily amount to a violation of the anti-discrimination laws.
According to the Jan. 5 opinion from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Michael Raffaele was the senior officer at, and the postmaster of, the Warminster, Pa., post office. During a six-month period from late 2007 to early 2008, he submitted multiple hiring requests to the postal district’s human resources management board. The board, however, addressed only one of his requests, when it approved all six of his hiring requests.
