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The new employee probationary period is “the most elegantly simple program we have in Human Resources.” Unlike many other areas of human resources the author has encountered, it is elegant in design and simple to use.
The author requested and received FLRA’s training materials used to train participants in pilot programs in which parties will bargain agency permissive topics. These pilots dramatically expand union bargaining rights. It’s unclear what authorizes union representatives’ official time for this training or authorizes FLRA to train the representatives of a non-governmental entity for free. You decide.
Look for scary stories about the impact on your federal career as a result of this week’s election. Our advice: take a deep breath and think about the new political structure before jumping to conclusions.
Anxiety over what we will buy for the people on our list, and whether they will like it is common during the holiday season. It is a lot easier to buy a bunch of stuff and hand it out. What’s hard is making the effort to really connect with other people.
A federal employee said he had lived in Italy for 10 years and the culture was more “touchy/feely” after he was in trouble for unwanted physical contact with women. He rejected a “last chance agreement” with his agency as “too onerous.” He is now a former federal employee after a recent court decision.
The author passes on to the Federal labor relations community notes of the FLRA Town Hall meeting held on October 21. There’s lots of information in them for practitioners.
The SandP 500 index (the index on which the C fund is based) went up about 13 percent in September and October, the best performance in these months since 1998. Here is a summary of the TSP funds for October and the year-to-date.
Despite the election year rhetoric, it is still possible to come up with an estimate of your future pay increase based on past actions by Congress and the President.
Changes have been made to the federal FEGLI program. What is FEGLI and what are the changes? Here is a summary.
Most employees in SSA are getting to stay home on the day after Thanksgiving. Should all federal employees get this extra paid holiday this year? Here is a compilation of the responses from our readers and a sampling of their views on the subject.
