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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 federal government is getting better at hiring individuals with disabilities, but the author says that based on his experience, there is room for improvement.
The former president of the National Border Patrol Council was recently indicted on 13 criminal charges.
A U.S. citizen claiming to have been victimized by extraordinary detention and interrogation in Iraq will not be able to sue the former Defense Secretary personally for violation…
For the first time in four years, new whistleblower disclosures received by the Office of Special Counsel dropped.
A twenty-year IRS agent was not able to convince the appeals court to overturn his removal for willfully underreporting his income on his federal tax returns.
The appeals court has tossed a Forest Service random drug testing policy that applied to Job Corps Center staff calling it a "solution in search of a problem."
An appeals court has no problem with a federal employee volunteering for multiple years to serve on a local county court grand jury and requiring her agency employer…
The appeals court has sent an appeal back to the arbitrator with instructions to consider evidence that came up after the personnel action was taken in reaching his…
The author says that the federal government continues to fumble with veteran's preference matters as evidenced by some recent cases.
While not specifically involving the federal sector, a case involving an Atlantic City casino whose facts give rise to the court tossing it back to the NLRB to…