Considering Prior Discipline in the Selection Process: Can You or Can’t You?
Can you consider prior discipline in the selection process?
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Can you consider prior discipline in the selection process?
Poor supervision drives good employees away. What problems do they create and how do good intentions go wrong? Here are some examples and problems that can be avoided.
What is in your desk? If you have reason to be concerned, you may be wondering when a federal agency can search the desk or workspace of a federal employee and whether a warrant is required. Here are some answers.
Which job is generally better: working directly for the federal government or for a federal contractor?
Government ethics with a sense of humor will seem like a misprint to some readers. But one government official has gone to a lot of effort to catalog “ethical lapses” of some federal employees with an eye toward illustrating how one can ruin a career, and perhaps go to prison, by failing to follow the dictates of ethical standards of conduct.
A little-known bill pending on Congress could be the “mother lode” of bureaucracy for one small federal agency. State and local governments may not like more power being transferred to an agency in Washington but what they want may not make much of a difference.
How can a bargaining team get a reasonable contract for a federal agency? “Be gentle with the union’s chief negotiator” (Rule 11) Here are several tips for getting through the bargaining process successfully from an experienced negotiator.
An earlier article on dress codes in the federal workplace generated many comments from federal employees. Here is a follow-up article to address some of the issues raised by readers.
If you are getting ready to bargain an agreement with a federal employee union, you should have a good understanding of the concepts and processes involved in the bargaining arena. Here are some practical tips you can use to reach an acceptable agreement in less time.
Violence in the workplace can happen anywhere. Despite the myths that often accompany violent behavior, agencies can take action that can prevent violence.