An administrative judge from the EEOC may be an expert on EEO cases but that does not carry over into the expertise of the Merit Systems Protection Board. When an EEOC administative judge told a federal employee he could appeal to the Board, the MSPB and the courts did not hesitate to correct his “misplaced” advice.
Who will represent your agency in a variety of situations that each require specific skills? An agency needs a negotiator development plan to adequately protect its interests. Here is an outline of how to construct such a plan.
Active federal employees are on track for an average 2.7% pay increase in 2007. Many federal retirees will probably do better than that again in 2007.
How many ways can a federal employee get in trouble in one day? This agent had a very bad day and lost his job.
The US Supreme Court sent a case back to the 9th Circuit for further review. While not deciding the issue, the Supreme Court has opened the possibility of more appeal rights to the courts for federal employees.
The Department of Labor has issued new rules that require union members be notified of their rights as members of a union.
Taking action against a federal employee requires considerable paperwork. Here is a review of what has to be covered in the paperwork for one of these actions.
Red ink dominates the return rates for TSP funds in May. Here’s why.
A federal employee was found guilty of falsifying his travel vouchers filed with the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. That led to six months in prison and a fine. But the agency’s attempt to remove him ran into a roadblock as the removal letter was “materiallly flawed.”
The US Supreme Court issues a decision that gives employers greater leeway in taking action against a whistleblower when the whistleblower’s actions were part of his official duties as a public employee.
