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In filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, it is often the unintentional statement which can devastate a Federal or Postal employee’s disability retirement application.
The Author takes a look at the Report to the National Council on Labor Management Relations on bargaining B(1) issues. These are matters that until now Agencies had…
This is the June 7, 2010 "Report to the National Council on Federal Labor Management Relations"
How does a federal supervisor know when to approve a leave request from an employee when the request is based on the needs of a "family member?" If…
Over the course of her term as minority member of the FLRA, now Chairman Pope dissented many times in FLRA decisions. The author identifies those that specifically addressed…
FLRA's Regional Director in Chicago, Peter Sutton, rejected AFGE and NTEU bids for elections at the Transportation Security Administration. There are indications that the Authority in DC will…
Well written executive core qualifications (ECQs) can mean the difference of an interview with a federal review board or your Government resume and your poorly written ECQs hitting…
Despite numerous examples of failed implementation, pay-for-performance for the Federal sector continues to build momentum.
Physical violence is an act that transcends the ability to enact any type of conflict management or mitigating actions to resolve issues. A zero tolerance policy is a…