Ten air traffic controllers got left out when the agency and union negotiated an agreement to transfer controllers from the GS schedule to the new controller pay system. A federal court says that both the agency and union should have anticipated the problem but federal law does not provide a remedy. The controllers who got left of the arrangement out are out of luck.
In our most recent survey, readers expressed their frustration with the inability of Congress to address significant issues and the focus of elected representatives on gaining power and influence rather than passing legislation.
The FLRA is specifically excluded from coverage of the federal labor relations law. What is the legal authority for this agency to recognize a union?
What will happen to a federal employee’s annuity in the event of a divorce? The answer is not always clear–even after a decision from OPM and the MSPB as demonstrated by this case.
There are several basic rules everyone should follow to ensure you can retire the way you want to retire and not the way you will be forced to retire because you don’t have the money.
A GSA employee convinces a federal court that being barred from the workplace was a constructive suspension and the court told the MSPB that the employee deserved a hearing. “The danger of prematurely weighing evidence is illustrated here by the strength lent to (the employee’s) allegation by new evidence that he discovered through a Freedom of Information Act request.”
Here are tips and guidance for negotiators who may use the federal bargaining process.
A federal court found that a GS-15 federal employee was seeking judicial review of a personnel decision to suspend him by using the Privacy Act as an end-run around Civil Service Reform Act procedures. The case took three years.
All TSP funds are up in March–with the exception of the F fund which remained the same by the end of the month. Despite a wild ride, the big winner for the month and the past twelve months is the TSP’s I fund.
