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Jul 02, 2021

Federal Employees Still Can’t Use Marijuana, Even If It’s Legal In Your State

If you live in Virginia, you may have picked up on the sweet smell of… excitement??… wafting through the air on July 1, 2021, when recreational marijuana became legal in the Commonwealth.  The new laws also include certain employment protections for employees who use medically-prescribed marijuana. However, if you are a federal employee, even ifRead More

Jan 14, 2020

Waiting in Limbo Due to a Pending Security Clearance Adjudication?

When an employee’s security clearance eligibility comes into question, the length of time it takes to adjudicate that employee’s security clearance eligibility can feel painstakingly long. For civil service employees employed by the Department of Defense (DoD), adjudications of security clearances are performed by a central DoD Agency called the Department of Defense Consolidated AdjudicationRead More

federal labor lawJul 19

Security Clearances in Federal Employment

Many federal government employees are required to hold or be eligible to hold security clearances due to the nature of their work.  In the federal government, security clearances add an additional layer of complication to workplace requirements, and when employees are faced with an allegation that may affect their continued ability to hold a securityRead More

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MSPB Reverses Indefinite Suspensions Pending Review of Security Clearances

In a series of recent decisions, the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) reversed the indefinite suspensions of federal government employees who had been suspended from their civil service jobs without pay pending decisions regarding the status of their security clearances. The MSPB ordered the employing agencies to cancel the indefinite suspensions of the employees andRead More

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Disability Retirement Considerations for Federal Employees

Federal employees who find themselves in the unfortunate situation of being medically unable to continue performing the essential functions of their positions may be eligible for a disability retirement through their government retirement system.  Generally speaking, federal employees covered by the Read More

OPM Finalizes Recission of Trump-Era Restrictions on Clean-Record Settlements

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently issued its final regulations rescinding many of former President Trump’s orders impacting federal employees, including the restriction on entering clean-record settlements that had been included in former President Trump’s Executive Order 13839.  Read More

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