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FMLA AND OVERNIGHT HOSPITAL STAYS A new circuit court decision is getting lots of attention because of how it defines an overnight hospital stay for purposes of FMLA. If you do the FMLA for your local, this is something you … Continue reading
EEOC TO PUBLICLY DISCUSS WORKPLACE HARASSMENT EEOC is holding a meeting on June 17 in Washington and on-line to discuss how to fight workplace harassment. If you are in DC or can get on-line access this seems like it will be … Continue reading
WERE THESE NON-SELECTED EMPLOYEES ADEQUATELY COUNSELED BY MANAGEMENT? Below are three paraphrased explanations Selecting Officials gave EEOC for not selecting three promotion applicants. Let’s assume that the Selecting Officials were just as open with the non-selected employees before EEOC got involved, took … Continue reading
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REMEMBER THIS IMPASSE TECHNIQUE When federal sector parties bargain themselves to an impasse, they routinely get an FMCS mediator involved. When that does not generate a deal, they move on to the FSIP for a final and binding decision if … Continue reading
ORGANIZING YOUR ARBITRATION CASE – THE BASIC CHECKLIST (Guest Contributor) You’ve taken your grievance through the contractual process without resolving it, and have now scheduled an arbitration on the matter. How should your prepare? Is there a way to ensure … Continue reading
EXECUTIVE BOARD SEAT EQUALITY Should seats on a union’s national executive board be distributed equally–and by equally we mean based on a relatively equal number of members represented by each board member? We looked around the fed sector recently and found that many … Continue reading
IS THIS FLSA RETALIATION? (By Guest Contributor) When a GS-6 employee complained to her supervisor that she was not getting paid for all the overtime she was working, the supervisor stopped giving her any overtime for a month. On her … Continue reading
HOW UNION CONVENTIONS ARE (OR ARE NOT) CONTROLLED With the summer union convention season just getting underway, it is time to touch on the two-sided issue of convention control. Every convention needs some control mechanisms if it is going to … Continue reading
NEW EVIDENCE OVERTURNS A COERCED RESIGNATION Not long ago the MSPB overturned a resignation when the employee brought new evidence up after the hearing before the MSPB judge ruled. The Board accepted the evidence and also explained why it thought … Continue reading