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ANOTHER RIGHT TO BE REASSIGNED One of the major benefits denied federal employees is the right to laterally reassign to a vacancy elsewhere in the country even if it is for the same job title, series and grade that the … Continue reading
Posted in ADA/ADAAA, EEO/Disabilities, Reassignments
Tagged EEO/Remedies, Reassignment, Sanchez v. Vilsack
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EEOC ON DOMESTIC/DATING ABUSE, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND STALKING The EEOC recently went on record indicating its willingness to charge employers with discrimination if they take personnel actions against employees involved in any of these circumstances. Every union rep should look … Continue reading
CRISIS: WHEN UNION LEADERS DISAPPEAR Most federal sector unions have only two nationally elected officials constitutionally empowered to lead the union. When one suddenly leaves office, the other immediately takes up the leadership slack. But, who is in charge if … Continue reading
23 SOCIAL MEDIA RULES NLRB BELIEVES ARE ILLEGAL The NLRB, which regulates private sector labor relations, has launched a full-scale assault on social media usage rules management has imposed on its employees. The Board is fighting any effort by employers … Continue reading
UNTIMELY DISCIPLINE SUGGESTS CBP MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER What does it say about an agency when it takes months or even years after it becomes aware of an employee’s misconduct to discipline the employee? We think it suggests a serious mental illness … Continue reading
Posted in Arbitration, Discipline/Adverse Action
Tagged Multiple Personality Disorder
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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