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About AdminUN

FEDSMILL staff has over 40 years of federal sector labor relations experience on the union as well as management side of the table and even some time as a neutral.

Posted on December 2, 2012 by AdminUN

“DE MINIMIS” DOCTRINE TOO COMPLEX EVEN FOR ALJs? Not long ago FEDSMILL.com posted an article entitled “Die, De Minimis Die” to shine a light on how elusively complex and high risk the de minimis doctrine is for practitioners.  It may … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 2, 2012 by AdminUN

NRC NUKES ITS EMPLOYEES, THEIR KIDS AND THEIR COUNTY The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) just dropped a megaton of bad news on its own employees. It is withholding everyone’s annual performance bonus due this month, even managers’ below the SES … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 26, 2012 by AdminUN

FMLA LEAVE TO COVER VACATIONS– We recommend that you check out the blog page cited below.  A judge has held that employees are entitled to FMLA leave if they are the care giver for a covered member of the family and that … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 26, 2012 by AdminUN

“SHHH!” COMMAND COSTS MANAGEMENT OVER $12,000 A manager warned a maintenance employee to be careful who she told about how offended she was by finding a pornographic magazine in the restroom. The supervisor may have just been trying to get … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 26, 2012 by AdminUN

CRITICAL CONTRACT CLAUSES (#2)- Mandatory Suggestion Awards Agencies pay consulting firms millions to suggest ways to improve operations. But very few union contracts force agencies to fairly compensate its own employees when their suggestions are accepted–and that is hurting employees … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 26, 2012 by AdminUN

CHECK OUT THE “COMPARE CONTRACTS” BUTTON ABOVE FEDSMILL.com has assembled copies of significant labor-management master agreements in the federal government and made them available in the Menu bar button above entitled “Compare Contracts.” These contracts will give you a good … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 26, 2012 by AdminUN

DISCLOSURE OF FMLA MEDICAL INFO TO UNION REQUIRED  In the right-hand column of the FEDSMILL.com page we track headlines off web sites of interests to federal employees. One of them deals with FMLA case law and it recently posted an … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 19, 2012 by AdminUN

TEST YOURSELF- The Missing Grievance Allegation? Let’s suppose that an irate member contacted her union rep on a Friday complaining that a month ago her manager had approved her taking one week of annual leave next week, but suddenly the leave that … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 19, 2012 by AdminUN

25 CRITICAL CONTRACT CLAUSES SERIES Union leaders need to constantly update their bargaining demands–and FEDSMILL.com wants to help. The members’ needs change constantly as do their agency leaders.  New technology reshapes their work environment regularly, as do annual budget fights . Even the … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 19, 2012 by AdminUN

CRITICAL CONTRACT CLAUSES (#1)-Job Swaps Why should not employees have a right to swap jobs, e.g., a GS-318-05 Secretary in one office on the west side of the city swapping with a GS- 318-05 on the east side of town–or … Continue reading →

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