Guidelines for Conducting Investigative Interviews
Conducting interviews with employees is often part of a job role. These are some guidelines for conducting good interviews.
Discipline
OPM: Agencies Can Begin Enforcing Vaccine Mandate in November
OPM has issued guidance on when and how agencies should discipline federal employees who refuse to get vaccinated.
Federal Employees Who Lie About Their Vaccination Status Could Be Fired or Imprisoned
New guidance on COVID safety protocols for federal employees contains a warning for anyone who might be tempted to lie about his or her vaccination status.
Federal Employees Who Refuse COVID Testing Could Face Discipline
Federal employees who refuse COVID testing under recently issued policies could be subject to disciplinary action.
How to Contest Major Disciplinary Actions
What are federal employees’ options for contesting major disciplinary actions?
Performance-Based Actions: How Much Is Too Much?
In what situations is the disciplinary process the best route to take for employees who aren’t performing?
WGI: An Automatic Pay Raise for Federal Employees?
Only about 1 for every 1,000 federal employees is denied a within-grade increase (WGI) pay raise. Here is why.
Discipline, Grievances and the Road Not Often Taken
Mediating grievances can save time, money and resolve problems. Why is it not done more often?
Who Would You Fire?
The author presents readers with a hypothetical scenario involving two employees to present an important supervisory lesson.
Is it Too Hard to Fire Federal Employees?
The author weighs the arguments on both sides of the debate over whether it should be easier to fire federal employees.
