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Legal Assistance for Federal Employees
Sometimes, a federal government employee will find himself or herself in the unfortunate situation of receiving a proposed disciplinary action. For most tenured civil service employees, no discipline affecting the employee’s pay may be issued without first providing the employee with notice of a proposed disciplinary action and an opportunity to respond to the proposal.Read More
The Merit Systems Protection Board, commonly referred to as the MSPB, was created by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 to replace the old Civil Service Commission. The Merit Systems Protection Board is a quasi-judicial agency that hears appeals of federal employees who have been removed, demoted, or suspended for more than fourteen (14)Read More
In National Association of Independent Labor (NAIL), Local 7 and U.S. Department of the Air Force, 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, FMCS No. 16-51813 (August 11, 2016), the National Association of Independent Labor (NAIL), represented at arbitration by Bonney, Allenberg & O’Reilly, P.C., received an arbitration award that prevents the AirRead More
Many federal government employees who have engaged in the EEO process know all too well that EEO activity may be received negatively by their chain of command. Most federal government employees who engage in the EEO process are also aware that they have the right to file an EEO complaint based on retaliation in theRead More
Sometimes, federal agencies will place an employee out of work without pay against the will of the employee. This happens primarily in situations where the employee has been suspended from work for any host of reasons, usually involving some finding of misconduct by the employer. In the federal government, most civil service employees cannot beRead More
Any time a federal government worker is thinking about filing an EEO complaint, some of the most significant considerations involve the potential relief or remedy you could receive if you are successful in your EEO complaint. Two of the most important questions to ask yourself are: (1) What do I want to happen as aRead More
The question of whether paying for a particular service is worth the cost is a question without one set answer. Instead, it’s a matter of personal opinion whether you feel the cost of a service was worth what you paid. When it comes to having a consultation with one of Read More
One tool used by federal agencies in certain situations where an employee has been issued a proposed removal is a “Last Chance Agreement.” When a tenured federal employee has been issued a proposed removal from their federal job based on allegations of misconduct, they Read More