Human Resources
Alternate Discipline: A Useful Tool
What is "alternative discipline" of a federal employee and how is it implemented?
Human Resources
Stay informed with the latest federal human resources news, including updates on federal employee unions, labor relations, collective bargaining, workplace policies, and federal HR guidance. This category covers OPM regulations, pay, leave, and benefits administration, labor‑management disputes, union negotiations, workplace rights, and major **HR policy changes.
Human Resources
How to Work a Federal Employee Grievance Effectively and Fairly
What are the steps a supervisor or manager should take in analyzing and responding to a grievance? Here is guidance on how to approach an issue that can…
Human Resources
Negotiating a Federal Employee’s Resignation: A Useful Tool for Managers
There is a tool available to agencies that, if used wisely and with some skill, can end an employment relationship in a mutually agreeable manner.
Human Resources
Bargaining Changes – How to Meet Your Objectives When Negotiating Outside the Labor Agreement (Part II)
Negotiating changes in an agency during the life of a labor agreement can be time-consuming and expensive. These tips can help.
Human Resources
Bargaining Changes – How to Meet Your Objectives When Negotiating Outside the Labor Agreement
Federal managers who want to make changes for employees represented by a union during the life of a labor contract often feel frustrated by the time, effort and…
Human Resources
What Factors Make A Good Labor Relations Program?
What factors are necessary to have a good, effective labor relations program in a federal agency? Here are some criteria.
Human Resources
10 Things Agency Management Can Do to be More Effective in Labor Relations (Part 2)
What steps can a federal agency take to make its labor relations program more effective? Here are suggestions in part two of the two-part series.
Human Resources
10 Things Agency Management Can Do to be More Effective in Labor Relations (Part 1)
What steps can a federal agency take to make its labor relations program more effective? Here are suggestions in part one of a two-part series.
Human Resources
The Best Employee Problem Solving Tool in the Box (part 4)
Here are the possible consequences when providing an employee with a guidance and direction memo.
Human Resources
10 Ways to Make Federal Unions More Effective (Part 2)
How can federal employee unions improve their success when representing employees? Here are observations and suggestions from an experienced management negotiator.