Author Archives: AdminUN
GRIEVING NON-SELECTION FOR PROMOTION Knowing how to overturn a Selecting Official’s decision not to promote someone is a critical skill every union local needs. Success might not only get a member priority consideration, but also retroactive promotion, back pay with … Continue reading
HOW TO CHALLENGE VAGUE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS Do your members work under performance standards that require tasks be completed “in a timely manner” or that the employee efforts “result in timely service?” If so, MSPB just issued a decision that will … Continue reading
CAN THE UNION GET THIS EMPLOYEE COMPENSATED? Imagine an employee walks into the union office asking for help because she believes her manager has retaliated against her for filing an EEO discrimination race, age and disability charge. She tells you … Continue reading
ETHICS TEST: DID THIS UNION SELL OUT ITS MEMBERS? (ANSWER) Last week we posed a hypothetical fact pattern involving a union’s decision to trade five grievance/ULP charges, that potentially could have given unit employees millions in back pay, in return … Continue reading
WHEN EMERALDS FIGHT VULCANS UNIONS LOSE When is it correct for a labor union to work with management to oppose back pay and other relief for the victims of management’s racial discrimination? Stumped? Well, take a look at this actual … Continue reading
WHEN CAN EMPLOYEE “LEADS” EVALUATE CO-WORKERS? Answer: They can’t or never are the only acceptable answers. But while the answer is easy, trying to convince managers not to ask Leads to draft performance appraisals is a lot harder. Delegating the … Continue reading
BILL GATES PREDICTS THE END OF THE ACCOUNTING/AUDITING OCCUPATION Given that the feds employ about a quarter of a zillion accountants and auditors, many of whom are union members, here is something to think about. Bill Gates spoke recently about … Continue reading
WHEN EMPLOYEES MAKE MANAGERS SAD Perhaps she has watched too much of TV’s “Dr. Phil,” but when a Treasury Department manager met with a dissatisfied employee no one had to ask her “How does that make you feel?” As she … Continue reading
GENERALIZED ANXIETY AS A DISABILITY Anxiety attacks are not only real, but they are a recognize disability protected by the EEOC under the disability statutes. When an employee was denied the right to bring a service dog to work that … Continue reading