Alternate Discipline: A Useful Tool
What is “alternative discipline” of a federal employee and how is it implemented?
What is “alternative discipline” of a federal employee and how is it implemented?
An employee with 17 years of federal service was convicted for making a falst statement to obtain compensation. He also lost his job and a court upholds the removal.
FedSmith spoke to a man who makes less than most federal employees but follows a plan that should work for anyone wanting a secure retirement.
A new report says “[t]he federal civilian workforce has become an elite island of secure and high-paid workers, separated from the ocean of private-sector American workers who must compete in today’s dynamic economy.”
The failure to conduct a background check on an illegal alien captured on the Mexican border resulted in the alien returning to the US where he raped two women and murdered one of them. The agency’s 20-day suspension of a supervisor is upheld by the MSPB.
This agency told the employee he would be a good manager and told him to report to a new office in a new location with a promotion. The employee he was not qualified and retired in lieu of an involuntary separation. He appealed but the agency’s actions were upheld.
With controversy and litigation surrounding the establishing of new labor relations programs in the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, this author has suggestions for how to improve the existing programs to resolve some of the problems faced by federal agencies.
The system for determining the average federal pay raise is steeped in politics. What is going on and why?
The 2007 pay raise process for federal civilian employees is following what is now a fairly well-worn path. No one knows the final outcome but 2.7% looks like the most likely result based on what has occurred so far.
Federal injury cases usually involve a slip, fall or other mundane injuries. This federal employee was shot. His attempts to get more money under the Federal Tort Claims Act fall short though.