Federal HR news topics include federal employee unions, labor relations, bargaining, pay/leave and benefits.
Federal employee whistleblowing activity has reached screeching levels, with the government’s watchdog agency, the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), seeing a surge of new disclosures of wrongdoing in fiscal year 2012.
Congress enacted the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in 1993 to allow employees the time to balance their career requirements and to attend to their own serious health issues. What impact does the recent Supreme Court ruling on DOMA have on FMLA?
In a follow up to a previous article, the author offers detail on what happens in a situation in which an EEO complaint is filed regarding a promotion in which multiple people are contending for the position. What happens if one of the people passed over for the promotion files a complaint and wins – do the others who didn’t get the promotion get notified of the award?
There’s a lot of hubbub around D.C. this week owing to a report that despite a presidential order freezing Federal pay, IRS employees are getting a $70,000,000.00 award payout. The Author, not known for his pro-union reporting, seeks to separate the truth from the rhetoric and examine what is going on at the IRS and why.
A recent study showed that just four out of ten federal employees felt they were being rewarded or promoted for doing good work. How does your agency compare?
The author offers his suggestions for Katherine Archuleta, the president’s nominee for OPM Director, and invites FedSmith.com users to share their suggestions as well.
The author says that it is a false notion to assume that there is a “best qualified” person for a job, but rather, there is likely a list of equally well qualified individuals for a job and that “best qualified” is a matter subject to opinion. How then, does a person manage to win an EEO complaint regarding non-selection?
At least 85 nurses in the VA are working as full-time union representatives. Two Senators are questioning the impact on veterans of federal employees working as full-time union representatives.
In an op-ed, Congressman Dennis Ross (R-FL) says that taxpayers should not be forced to foot the bill for union activities in the federal government and that federal employees should pay for it themselves.
AFGE has scheduled a number of meetings at resorts and a national conference with discounted Disney tickets in Orlando Florida in September. Does this affect your pay?
