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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
The 2010 Federal Health Plan: What Is Your Reaction?
Health insurance premiums under the federal plan are going up in 2010. Take this survey and send in your opinion of the program and whether the increase in impact your selection of a plan for the coming year.
Posted: September 30, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Applicant Awarded $100,000 Despite Agency Doubts About Applicant's Fitness for Position
A trial court has rebuffed the government's attempts to set aside a jury verdict in favor of an unsuccessful applicant for an FBI Special Agent position. The FBI revoked its conditional offer of employment to a Type I insulin-dependent diabetic applicant. The applicant invoked the Rehabilitation Act and sued the agency.
Posted: September 27, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Good Pay Day for the Lawyers in VA Class Action Lawsuit
As usual, the attorneys that filed class action lawsuits fared much better than those they are representing in this case involving the Department of Veterans Affairs. Attorneys suing the VA wanted 25% of a $20 million fund, or $5 million. The judge decided they would get only 18% or $3.6 million. Represented veterans got from $75 to $1500.
Posted: September 24, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Federal Security Clearances and the Role of the MSPB and the Courts
A Physicist/Scientist with the Naval Surface Warfare Center was not able to persuade the appeals court to overturn an indefinite suspension that lasted 370 days after the Navy pulled his security clearance.
Posted: September 22, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Federal Interns and Politics
A district court has ruled that a small number of unsuccessful applicants for the Department of Justice Honors Program and Summer Law Intern Program who claim their applications were excluded by agency political appointees during the Bush years for failure to pass a partisan litmus test may maintain a Privacy Act lawsuit against the department.
Posted: September 20, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
The FLRA Rorschach Test #2: FSIP Negotiability Powers
Deciding what is negotiable (or not) in the federal sector is confusing at best. The author of this article says the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) has made the situation more confusing than it needs to be and that the power of the FSIP should be expanded in resolving negotiability questions.
Posted: September 17, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
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