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Legal Assistance for Federal Employees
It can be difficult to follow an instruction from a supervisor that an employee strongly believes is incorrect, unwarranted, or not applicable to the duties of his or her assigned position. However, for federal government employees, it is usually best to follow the adage, “Obey now, grieve later.” If a federal government employee does notRead More
Although the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or Board) is currently suffering from a lack of quorum and resulting inability to issue new decisions (Read the Press Release about the lack of quorum Here), the Board appears to have been very busy during the holiday season issuing decisions prior to the departure of MSPB ChairmanRead More
The phrase “reasonable accommodation” tends to be something many employees have heard before, but its meaning is not always clear. Reasonable accommodation requests can arise in two different types of situations: (1) When an employee or job applicant suffers from a physical or mental disability and requires certain adjustments to the work environment to accommodateRead More
The question is when is an investigation purely administrative and when is it a criminal investigation. Most federal employees are aware that they must participate in agency investigations whether they want to or not. Most federal employees also know they have a constitutional right not to self-incriminate. The problem is knowing when is an administrativeRead More
The heart and soul of labor unions is the collective bargaining agreement. What makes the collective bargaining agreement so valuable is binding arbitration. So why is it that unions are sending their cases over to the EEOC for processing? Two reasons: (1) it is easier to drop a case on the EEOC for them toRead More
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
Many federal employees understandably are feeling pressed between a rock and a hard place, either having been suddenly furloughed without pay or being forced to work without pay as a result of the federal government’s lapse in appropriations that occurred due to Congress Read More
Public Service Recognition Week is May 4-10! The need to recognize the public servants who make up the federal work force is more crucial than ever this year, as civil servants continue to face bullying and threats to their livelihood by the very Administration they work Read More
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