Ernest C. Hadley (In Memoriam)

Biography

Ernest C. Hadley represented federal sector employees before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Merit Systems Protection Board and in the federal courts for over 25 years. He was the author of several books on federal sector employment law, including what is considered the seminal textbook on federal sector EEO law: A Guide to Federal Sector Equal Employment Law and Practice. He was also the co-author of many other texts, including Sexual Harassment: Federal Law; Federal Sector Workers’ Compensation Law; Motions Practice before the Merit Systems Protection Board and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Representing Agencies and Complainants before the EEOC; A Guide to Federal Sector Disability Discrimination Law and Practice; The EEO Counselors’ and Investigators’ Manual; and Effective Summary Judgment Motions. Mr. Hadley presented more than a thousand seminars, trainings, speeches and other presentations on various aspects of employment discrimination law and workplace rights and responsibility, including preventing harassment, understanding the employer’s obligation to provide reasonable accommodation to persons with a disability, creating and maintaining the workplace free from discrimination, and many other topics.