In cases involving Agency Head Review of a contract provision and an appeal of an arbitrator's award, the FLRA decided that investigations conducted by Inspectors General are controlled…
Any reading of OPM Chief Berry's memo to Agency Heads on telework points out the weaknesses of Uncle Sam's current scheme for consistent policies affecting employees. The author…
An MSPB survey found that 13% of federal employee respondents observed a violent incident in 2010. According to the report, BLS reported a result of 5% relating violent…
Federal unions are trying a tactic to keep otherwise non-negotiable proposals on the bargaining table. In this article, the Author discusses how an Agency might counter such moves.
In a recent case, FLRA appears to play fast and loose with the statute to retain its ability to decide whether or not a union proposal was an…
Recently, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals told the MSPB, in no uncertain terms, to stay out of the position sensitivity determination business. The Federal Labor Relations Authority…
In a landmark case (Berry v. Conyers), the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals tells Agencies that if an employee no longer is able to hold a "sensitive" position,…
The former president of the National Border Patrol Council was recently indicted on 13 criminal charges.
In 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on an employee's right to challenge an Agency's security clearance determination finding that such decisions cannot be second guessed by MSPB.…
AFGE and TSA have apparently reached agreement on a new labor agreement. There are some questions that should be asked but have been ignored by the media.