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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.
A federal employee charged with using abusive and obscene language signed a last chance agreement. When he didn't show up for work, the agency reinstated the removal action…
Changes to the procedures for allowing protests to a decision for contracting government work could lead to an interesting situation. An agency offical can protest his own agency's…
A former federal employee may have inadvertently waived his prior agreement with an agency not to release information about his previous government employment. The fine print on the…
Can a federal employee avoid time limits by dodging receipt of a final agency decision or other significant documents?
Is an oral agreement to settle a case sufficient or does it have to be signed by all parties? A recent court decision provides the answer.
The process for firing a federal employee is not quick or easy. The separation of a "volunteer" may not be quick or easy either.
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…
Does the outstanding scholar program supersede veterans preference requirements? The MSPB says it does not.
A federal judge has ruled against the implementation of the newly-designed labor relations program for DHS putting the program on hold for now.
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…