Bipartisan Support for VA Accountability Bill
A bipartisan bill in the Senate would make changes including creating an expedited appeal process for VA employees and alter existing appeal procedures.
A bipartisan bill in the Senate would make changes including creating an expedited appeal process for VA employees and alter existing appeal procedures.
Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) has asked the Justice Department’s Inspector General to investigate the circumstances surrounding James Comey’s firing.
With a new guidance memo from OMB, federal workers can start to see what new human resources policies will emerge impacting the federal workforce.
As a candidate for president, Donald Trump laid out a plan to reform the VA. He said recently this plan is moving forward “ahead of schedule.”
The author says that there are better ways to enact changes to the federal civil service laws than vilifying federal employees.
The Department of Defense recently released new rules for reduction in force. The author explains what the implications of these new rules for federal employees.
Misuse of email can lead to the end of a federal employee’s career. Here are some tips to make sure this doesn’t happen to you.
The author says that one of the most time consuming and frustrating tasks for supervisors is dealing with the small number of employees who abuse leave.
In the first of two articles on job restructuring as a reasonable accommodation, the author explores how managers ascertain what an employee’s essential functions of his or her job position are, how to restructure a job position to accommodate an employee, and explores some cases that shed light on how the EEOC and federal courts look at these issues.
The author says that it is a well established fact that managers have the right to establish standards for requiring employee attendance at work. He notes, however, that failure to enforce attendance requirements can result in further attendance problems and lower morale among employees. He says that supervisors should never be afraid to initiate the appropriate action when warranted and cites some cases as precedent for enforcing consistent attendance in the federal workplace.