Monthly Archives: September 2026
MARGARET, MINNIE, AND THE DOUGLAS FACTORS We recently wrote that agencies will sorely regret it if they decide to no longer consider the Douglas Factors when disciplining employees. The White House brain trust may want them to do so, but … Continue reading
WHY DID NTEU GIVE AWAY ALMOST $700 MILLION OF ITS CBP MEMBERS’ MONEY? Actually, a guy named Tony gave it away for them, but I will get to that later. As far as I know, the largest arbitration battle in … Continue reading
11 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE DISABILITY REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION OBLIGATION While we have posted a bundle of material about the reasonable accommodation obligations, a recent EEO decision spelled them out so clearly, we thought we would outline the law for … Continue reading
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RETROACTIVE LEAVE VERSUS USE OR USE RULES What happens when an employee is granted a big chunk of retroactive annual leave pursuant to a grievance, EEO complaint, or other litigation, but it is too late in the leave year for … Continue reading
EXEMPTIONS FROM GROUP MEETINGS These meetings can border on mental torture triggering thoughts of war crime prosecutions. But they can also be physical torture for those disabled employees who are often required to put their normal reasonable accommodations on hold. … Continue reading
WHEN IS GROUP MEETING CHATTER ILLEGAL? Managers talk with employees all the time, individually, in regularly scheduled periodic meetings and even informally during breaks. In my experience, it is not uncommon for an employee to ask a manager about a … Continue reading
THE COMPLETE LIST OF TELEWORK REMEDIES Hardly a week goes by without a union reporting a new arbitration decision finding the Trump Administration’s termination of telework agreements and practices illegal. While that is great, union’s need to insist on all … Continue reading
ARE THE DOUGLAS FACTORS DEAD? That is the title of a post from the folks at the Federal Employment Law Training Group (FELTG). Although the group’s primary mission is to train managers, I thought this post was reasonably balanced and … Continue reading