Author Archives: AdminUN
TEST YOURSELF- FMLA, DISABILITIES, AND LIGHT DUTY An employee, Jessie Crutch, had a long-time reasonable accommodation of being allowed to rest his hip for a few minutes every few hours while working as a warehouse custodian. As the injury got … Continue reading
DON’T RIF BORDER PATROL; REDEPLOY THEM There must be tickles and giggles all around DOGE these days at the mushrooming number of CBP Border Patrol Agents they can label excess and RIF. Billions and billions of easy savings are just … Continue reading
WHAT IS THE REMEDY FOR AWS/CWS VIOLATIONS? Lots of unions are out there filing grievances against management decisions to unilaterally terminate or change AWS/CWS schedules, e.g., 5/4/9, 4/10, etc. They are accusing agencies of violating contract provisions, CFR regulations, and … Continue reading
Posted in AWS, Grievance/Arbitration, Remedies
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WHAT PER SE EEO REPRISAL? The EEOC has held that attempting to dissuade an employee from participating in the EEO process is a per se violation of the EEOC’s regulations against interference in the EEO process. Lewis v. U.S. Postal … Continue reading
SOME HELP FOR DEPARTING IRS EMPLOYEES Life is miserable for many IRS employees as Elon and The Donald wipe out the IRS workforce so they can prepare to contract all the work IRS employees do to campaign donors. But a … Continue reading
WHAT CAN UNIONS DO ANYMORE FOR MEMBERS? Now that Trump has declared that suddenly hundreds of thousands of feds are involved in national security work, those employees’ unions have lost the right to bargain contracts, take grievances to arbitration, and … Continue reading
USERRA PROTECTIONS BROADENED BY DOLE ACT We are passing along a very useful article from a law firm about how those feds with military service, including those feds who are FEMA Reservists, now have greater protections under the Uniformed Services … Continue reading
DON’T BET AGAINST THIS HAPPENING NEAR YOU Somewhere early in this new White House Administration some probationary employee is going to be fired because some higher up thinks the employee does not support the new President’s political views or because … Continue reading
Posted in Discipline/Adverse Action, Political Discrimination
Tagged Political discrimination
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BE CAREFUL GRIEVING RIF’S RIFs are popping up all over government and right behind them are union grievances alleging a ULP and/or a violation of the negotiated agreement’s provisions on a RIF. But what about the Trump order obliterating unions’ … Continue reading
THE RIGHT TO USE ONE’S OWN CAR Lots of feds travel for the job and lots of them are told to use a rental car for the travel rather than their own vehicle. When a Border Patrol employee decided to … Continue reading