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Dog Bites Mail Carrier and Supervisor is Removed
A supervisor with 44 years of service who failed to follow agency policy when a mail carrier was bitten while on duty ends up losing her job based…
Court Cases
Stay informed with the latest court cases affecting federal employees and retirees, including major federal employment law decisions, appeals, and rulings from MSPB, FLRA, EEOC, and federal courts. This category covers workplace rights, disciplinary actions, due process cases, retirement‑related rulings, TSP‑related litigation, and significant legal decisions impacting federal agencies and the federal workforce. Find clear summaries and analysis of the court outcomes shaping federal employment protections, benefits, and workplace policies.
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The Current FLRA’s Sad History before the DC Circuit
FLRA often gets its own law wrong in the opinion of the DC Circuit.
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DC Circuit Reverses FLRA Again For Exceeding Its Authority
On June 3, the D.C. Circuit again reversed the FLRA for interpreting a law other than its own. The case, involving the negotiability of union proposals limiting Agency…
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Government Pays the Price for Making Fed Employees Depressed
When employees are not happy, employers – often unwittingly – pay the price. The author says that federal agency managers must not lose sight of this as they…
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Unprofessional, Uncivil and Somewhat Boorish
According to the appeals court, "somewhat boorish" actions of supervisors at Merit Systems Protection Board were the "ordinary tribulations of the workplace," and did not add up to…
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Volunteer Jury Duty Leads to Firing
A fired Navy employee who tried to avoid relocation to D.C. by volunteering to serve on a grand jury has lost in her third round before the appeals…
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Practice Makes Perfect
This is yet another case where a retired employee's failure to designate his wife-in this case his fifth-to receive a survivor's annuity means she gets nothing.
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Homicide, Suicide and A Federal Retirement Payment
A retired federal employee killed his wife. Should the sons of the former federal employee receive the lump-sum payment from his annuity or should the son of the…
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FLRA Member Pizzella on Excessive Interference and Abrogation
In a negotiability case involving SSA and AFGE, FLRA Member Pizzella reminded the other members of a recent court ruling reversing a decision and taking those members to…
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Breach of Settlement Agreement May Lead to Monetary Damage Award
The Merit Systems Protection Board is not the only forum to challenge OPM's breach of its settlement agreement with a fired employee. He now gets his day in…