Whistleblowing and “Normally Assigned Duties”
When does a federal employee become a whistleblower and when is an employee performing normal job duties? A federal court considers a recent case.
When does a federal employee become a whistleblower and when is an employee performing normal job duties? A federal court considers a recent case.
Federal agencies can and do fire federal employees for a variety of offenses. Here is a series of cases in which employees were fired and the inevitable appeals were upheld all the way through the lengthy process.
Does a federal employee have to be convicted of a crime to be fired for shoplifting?
A settlement agreement was reached in a case but the employee was concerned that the agency had not lived up to its end of the bargain. He appealed to enforce the agreement and lost.
A federal judge has ruled against the implementation of the newly-designed labor relations program for DHS putting the program on hold for now.
A decision by the Federal Circuit upholds the MSPB and denies an annuity to the widow of a federal employee who did not have a survivor annuity.
There are some who see the federal government as a source of free money. Here is one of the more creative attempts to get rich.
Appeals by a federal employee can easily take several years to resolve. The removal of this federal employee was upheld on review at all levels and the removal stands.
An employee who won over $73,000 in back pay and reinstatement to his job, was advised by OPM he had to repay the annuity amount he had already received. The employee appealed and went to court to try and keep the extra money.
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sends a case back to an arbitator after the arbitrator denied a request for attorney fees from a federal employee who won his case