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CONDUCT WHILE ON FMLA Although we have not seen any federal sector cases where management objects to what the employee does while on FMLA leave, the issue seems to be heating up in the private sector. The FairMeasures.com web site … Continue reading
FLRA ANNOUNCES WEB-BASED ARBITRATION TRAINING The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) announced recently that its web-based Comprehensive Arbitration Training is now available on-line. The training is yet another example of the FLRA’s ongoing efforts to better serve the labor-management community, providing members with … Continue reading
IMPORTANT OT BACK PAY PRECEDENT FLRA just added some clarity to the issue of when are employees entitled to back pay. In NTEU, 66 FLRA 1024 the employee had been denied the right to work overtime because there was a … Continue reading
AFGE WINS WTH UNCOMMON DEFENSES TO PERFORMANCE CRITICISM If the average federal employee only knew how vulnerable he/she is to being fired for performance-based reasons, employee pharmaceutical bills would double. Management can unilaterally set the performance standards, need only produce … Continue reading
ABSOLUTELY DESPICABLE This is not about the federal sector, but it is a story about employee relations and employment law that should be told and retold as often as possible. EEOC just announced that it caught a private sector employer, … Continue reading
TERM LIMITS FOR UNION OFFICIALS Normally, we oppose term limits for elected union officers. If the leader is doing a good job in the eyes of the membership, let them decide via elections whether to return him/her to office—no matter … Continue reading
CEO PAY JUMPED 5% LAST YEAR FOR THE HIGHEST PAID ONES This has almost nothing to do with federal sector labor relations; it is merely about social justice. At a time when a record number of Americans are living in … Continue reading
FMLA QUALIFICATION OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD The Family Medical Leave Act does not impose the same qualification rules on everyone. The biggest difference flows from whether an employee is covered under Title I or Tile II, namely whether an employee must work … Continue reading
FSIP GUTS UNION’S RIGHT TO BARGAIN The Impasses Panel just sent a very loud and clear message to unions working for employers that bargain with multiple unions. The Panel is more than willing to take away bargaining rights from the … Continue reading
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