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Dale Cabaniss, Chairman of the FLRA, has resigned. This leaves one person on the 3-member Authority which cannot issue decisions without a second member.
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court's summary judgment and sent a federal agent's discrimination complaint under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 back for…
The author was researching an issue using Google and came upon a union website that had the best advice for representatives he'd ever seen. Judge for yourself.
Why do employees file discrimination complaints? Here are some of the most common reasons and suggestions for supervisors that can cut down on the number of complaints.
Why do employees file EEO complaints? Here are some of the reasons.
A former official of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) says that a recent article on the FedSmith site does not recognize the reasons the FLRA is critical…
The author has written extensively on FedSmith about the "ins and outs" of bargaining on the impact and implementation(I and I) of agency management decisions. I and I…
Self-appraisals are unreliable but many federal employees are required to do them anyway. It's a system only an egomaniac or sycophant can appreciate. So, how well did you…
The Army had "legitimate management considerations" for reassigning an engineer to Ft. Riley, Kansas. An appropriate penalty for refusing to move is removal and, in this case, the…
The author responds to an article published last week in FedSmith calling for an end to the FLRA and calling for some drastic changes in Federal labor relations.…