Dale Cabaniss, Chairman of the FLRA, has resigned. This leaves one person on the 3-member Authority which cannot issue decisions without a second member.
The author was researching an issue using Google and came upon a union website that had the best advice for representatives he'd ever seen. Judge for yourself.
The author has written extensively on FedSmith about the "ins and outs" of bargaining on the impact and implementation(I and I) of agency management decisions. I and I…
The author responds to an article published last week in FedSmith calling for an end to the FLRA and calling for some drastic changes in Federal labor relations.…
Over 75% of disciplinary and adverse action cases in the Federal service involve attendance related issues. If a supervisor or manager is going to deal with an employee…
In this final article in a three part series, the author explores the thought processes and considerations an Agency Deciding Official must use to render a decision and…
This article deals with the preparation for and conduct of an adverse action reply meeting.
Deciding whether to take an adverse action is one of the more difficult tasks a Federal manager may perform.
In another dispute involving the union's use of official time, FLRA backed off a stance taken in previous decision, reminding all of us again how important union institutional…
Organizing and structuring discipline and adverse action cases effectively is valuable for many reasons. First and foremost, good organization will help develop the basis for an action and…