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Supervisors and managers are selected for their understanding and ability of the work not of people nor because they possess supervisory skills. Managing leave in the federal environment…
An Interior Department employee who helped write a new grievance procedure was removed by a reduction in force (RIF). He ignored the new procedure he helped write and…
Checking an employee's references can make the difference between hiring an employee who will be successful in your organization and hiring one who will not be successful. Here…
Ethical standards of government emanate from the top. What leaders say and do and what they infer from their actions and decisions sets the ethical tone. A recent…
The MSPB recently conducted focus groups around the country about fair and equitable treatment in the federal workplace. Now that we know there is a problem, what is…
An employee being fired for submitting false information apparently sent in more false information when responding to the proposed removal.
A federal agency said it overpaid an employee by about $30,000 due to an error. It told the employee to pay up in 30 days or request a…
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld the decision of an arbitrator finding that the firing of an employee at the National Personnel Records Center…
A federal employee is not always acting as an employee of the federal government. In this case, a court ruled that whether an agency employee was acting in…
An Air Force man thought the September 11 attacks were a "beautiful sight" and that the US deserved to be attacked. He ended up as a baggage screener…