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AFGE’S WEEKLY NEWS IN REVIEW FILLS A GAP There is no shortage of publicly available newsletters covering federal employment issues. However, AFGE has one that focuses on the news from the perspective of employees. It is a very worthwhile source … Continue reading
WHAT DO SELECTING OFFICIALS OWE BQ CANDIDATES? A LOT! Law requires selecting officials to explain to non-selected BQ promotion applicants why they were passed over. In fact, it requires them to be quite specific about why. See if you can … Continue reading
AFGE WINS $35 MILLION IN BACK PAY FOR EPA MEMBERS Laborradio.org just reported that the AFGE Council of locals in the Environmental Protection Administration has settled a grievance for $35 million in retroactive overtime pay. EPA management had told these … Continue reading
MEET AMERICA’S HIGHEST PAID “GOVERNMENT WORKERS” Hats off to AFGE for its recently published article revealing who gets paid the most–millions actually– to do government work. It is not who you think, and you will never hear about this story … Continue reading
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WHAT IS A “SUBSTANTIALLY YOUNGER” FEDERAL EMPLOYEE? Here’s a hint. It is someone over 40 years old. Need another hint? It is also someone who applied for promotion. Still stumped? It is someone who got the promotion instead of a … Continue reading
EEOC NORMALLY ORDERS CREDITING PLAN DISCLOSURE OPM, FLRA, and the courts may be highly reluctant to order an agency to disclose a crediting plan to a grievant or the union, but EEOC is not. It has addressed the issue over … Continue reading
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU STORM OUT OF AN ARBITRATION HEARING? Whether it is the union or management refusing to participate and whether it is a grievance arbitration or an interest arbitration, the answer is the same. It is a very … Continue reading
FLRA CHANGES POLICY ON POSTINGS VERSUS E-MAILS FLRA’s newest decision announced that in the future it will typically adopt a union request that an agency guilty of a ULP be required to send all involved employees an e-mail announcing its guilt and … Continue reading
PIZZELLA’S POMPOSITY Newly-minted Member Pizzella has launched his FLRA career by largely lecturing the labor-management community on his loyalty to the fight against government waste. His latest sermonette (delivered as a concurring opinion in AFGE, 67 FLRA 218) condemns an AFGE local … Continue reading