Buying Dinner Was Expensive
Appeals by a federal employee can easily take several years to resolve. The removal of this federal employee was upheld on review at all levels and the removal stands.
Veterans Preference and Federal Hiring
Is veterans preference properly applied in your agency? Send in your vote and your opinion in our latest poll
Federal Job Satisfaction Rises–Why the Difference Between Agencies?
Why are there differences between agencies in job satisfaction? The MSPB offers some answers.
Bargaining Through Press Releases
The FAA and NATCA don’t agree on the best way to wind up labor negotiations.
Winning A Back Pay Award But Losing That Federal Annuity Payment
An employee who won over $73,000 in back pay and reinstatement to his job, was advised by OPM he had to repay the annuity amount he had already received. The employee appealed and went to court to try and keep the extra money.
A Federal Job Is A Career for Life
New federal employees are on probation. They can be easily terminated, at least in theory. But the system isn’t working, according to a new MSPB report.
Worried About Changes to Your Federal Retirement Program?
Proposing cuts in federal retirement benefits may be politically popular but the latest proposal is not likely to fly
Changes to Retirement to Pay for Hurricane Damage? Readers React
Readers responded to our poll on the issue of how to pay for the damage caused by hurricanes along the Gulf Coast and a proposal to change the formula for calculating federal retirement benefits.
‘High Three’ to ‘High Five’
Government spending to recover from Hurricane Katrina means spending cuts will probably be necessary in other government programs. One possibility is changing the formula for calculating federal employee pension benefits.
Volatile Mix: Conviction, Suspension, Back Pay and Attorney Fees
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sends a case back to an arbitator after the arbitrator denied a request for attorney fees from a federal employee who won his case
