Browse Articles: LER
Permissive Bargaining Topics: So What's Not to Like?
According to a recent news story, OPM is now ready to reveal previously unmentioned "tips" on how agencies can "succeed" at bargaining on (b)(1) topics.
The author says this was something he definitely had to see.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Bargaining Permissive Subjects: Will Your Agency Sign Up?
The author asks which Agencies will agree to bargaining permissive subjects if a pilot program results from an impending executive order. He suggests who might play and why as well as some risks involved to those who choose to play or are roped into doing so.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Veterans Chalk Up Wins at MSPB and Court - Part One
A veteran who wants to become a federal employee as a civilian may run into obstacles. In preparing to conduct training on veterans' preference and special appointing authorities for veterans, I ran across a case where an application was treated unfairly by the agency to which he applied, and then by the Board - twice - only to be rescued by the Court.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Deja vu, Part 2 - or, How to Avoid Serial Stupidity
What went wrong with labor-management partnerships the last time around? The author identifies some of the major problems.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Revised Labor Relations Executive Order Surfaces with Substantial Changes Dropping (B)(1) Bargaining Requirement
In what may prove to be the most edited document in the Obama Administration, a new version of the proposed executive order is being circulated. The new version has substantial changes from the old version including elimination of the obligation to bargain permissive subjects contained in Clinton Order and previous versions of the Obama plan.
Posted: October 14, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Deja Vu All Over Again?
As the most recent version of the draft executive order on labor relations makes the rounds, it's tough to miss the almost palpable air of dread mixed with resignation emanating from the ranks of agency managers and labor relations professionals.
Posted: October 11, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Federal Employee Performance Appraisal: The Good, Bad and Ugly
How do federal employees see their performance appraisal process working? Are they measured against specific expectations? Are they accurately rated? More than 2000 readers sent in their views and here are the results.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
The MSPB: Administrative Justice for Federal and Postal Workers Denied Disability Retirement Benefits
The important question for the federal employee who files for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS is: What happens if the Office of Personnel Management denies my application? Is that the end of my chances?
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
"All hope abandon ye who enter here"
This retired federal human resources expert says that the quote in the title of the article from Dante Alighieri, the great 14th century Italian poet who penned the "Divine Comedy," should apply to federal workers who apply for worker's compensation.
Posted: October 4, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Contractor Considered Agency Employee in EO Case Says Court
A recent case demonstrates that when the federal government gets too involved in personnel decisions affecting contract employees, it could open the door to equal employment opportunity complaints just as if the individual is in fact a government employee.
Posted: October 1, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
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