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.
The circumstances involving probationary employees resemble a soap opera of personal and political drama. This weekend, a court ruled the Special Counsel’s firing illegal.
An FBI Special Agent was charged with unprofessional off-duty conduct and removed from his position. He unsuccessfully appealed to the MSPB and then sought a review from the federal appeals court.
OSC has requested that MSPB pause terminations of six probationary federal employees, alleging violations of federal laws and merit system principles.
A federal court denied unions’ effort to prevent the Trump administration from its plans to lay off federal employees en masse.
OPM began using a new email system to communicate with federal employees after the presidential transition. A request for a restraining order against the system has been denied.
The hold has been lifted on OPM’s buyout offer for federal employees.
A U.S. Mint Police Officer was tangled up in a plan to hire a private detective to stake out a superior and another Mint employee. The complex scheme eventually led to his removal.
Another lawsuit has been filed challenging the Trump administration over Schedule F.
A Navy engineering supervisor was terminated during his probationary period after refusing a COVID vaccine but refusing the resulting mandatory testing because he did not approve of the test kits.
NTEU has sued the Trump administration over the Schedule F executive order.
