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RESIGNING WITH A CLEAN RECORD REDEFINED MSPB has just changed how it will interpret termination settlement agreements that call for the removal, cancellation or even change of the official record. In this case, management settled a removal appeal by agreeing … Continue reading
Posted in Discipline/Adverse Action, MSPB, Resignations
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PART-TIMERS OWED BACKPAY On August 23, 2011, OPM issued final regulations implementing a court decision requiring the payment of Sunday premium pay to part-time employees, as well as to full-time employees. The decision was Fathauer v. United States.
FLRA BOOSTS TELEWORK REMEDIES Few things are as frustrating as winning a grievance, arbitration or ULP only to find that the sole remedy imposed is an order that management not violate the law or contract again. FLRA claims that remedies … Continue reading
GRIEVANCE DRAFTING TIPS 1, 2 & 3 Most contracts merely require the union to put the following in the grievance: 1- Article and section violated, 2- Description of the grieved event, and 3- Remedy desired. As clear as that or … Continue reading
Posted in Grievance/Arbitration
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GRIEVANCE DRAFTING TIPS 4, 5, & 6 Before we turn to three other parts of a grievance where you can boost its winning potential and impact, remember this. If you were unable to draft the grievance broadly enough during the … Continue reading
HOW FLRA BLEEDS AGENCY BUDGETS Almost no one talks about it, but every day FLRA takes to resolve back pay cases costs federal agencies dearly. That is not opinion; it is cold, hard fact. Here is a great example.
WHAT UNION REPS CAN DO THAT EMPLOYEES CAN’T All employees do not have equal legal rights. Union representatives have far more rights than most. In fact, they have far more rights than the average manager. So, if you hear anyone … Continue reading
Posted in Membership Building, Uncategorized
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FREE RESEARCH SITES FOR UNIONS Management representatives often have access to the best electronic legal research tools to help them deal with the union. However, it is unusual that a union can afford services such as Cyberfeds, Lexis or Westlaw, … Continue reading
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THE CONTRACTING OUT SCANDEL Don’t miss reading this week’s NY Times article that exposes how contracting out work costs the government more than having its own employees do the work. One federal agency just disclosed that it paid outside private … Continue reading
Posted in A-76/Contracting
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