Author Archives: AdminUN
LIMITS ON CASH AWARDS TO FEDERAL EMPLOYEES LOOSENED Hope you did not miss Eric Yoder’s piece in a recent Washington Post about how the outgoing White House Administration just told agencies that they can and should increase the funding of … Continue reading
WHEN AGENCIES DRAG OUT DISCIPLINE INVESTIGATIONS Throughout our career we benefitted from making a note of an excerpt, footnote or even snippet of a case, regulatory comment or policy transmittal. They proved invaluable at bargaining tables when the other side … Continue reading
ISSA, CHAFFETZ TARGET VETS FOR TERMINATION House leaders just announced that they are coming after veterans, including those with injuries, by making it easier to fire them and deny them other rights. Yup! God’s honest truth. Today’s e-media carried a … Continue reading
AN MSPB HOLIDAY SURPRISE Would you have predicted this? An employee was fired. When she filed an appeal with MSPB she not only denied the agency’s charges, but also claimed discrimination based on sex and disability. Not long after, the … Continue reading
EEOC REJECTS “LIP SERVICE” FOR THE DEAF/HOH There is not any breaking news here or newly-established legal precedent—and that is sad. This post is about yet another fed who requested a sign language interpreter for a last minute meeting a … Continue reading
BARGAINING WITH AN ANTI-UNION GOVERNMENT Since the Trump empire of hotels, resorts, golf courses and other developments will remain heavily dependent on good service from its employees and relationships with their unions, for this posting we are going to assume … Continue reading
WHAT HAPPENS NOW? Having lived through a few White House changes, we thought we would share what we know about what will happen next in the federal sector labor relations arena. In the next week or so the President-elect’s team … Continue reading
HR SPECIALISTS ALERT: DISABILITY LAW IS EVOLVING FOR YOU Suppose a manager calls HR one morning to report that one of her probationary employees has refused to perform a certain function of the job by the established due date and … Continue reading
PROBATIONERS: WINNING REINSTATEMENT ON A TECHNICALITY Unless a probationary employee can claim her rights under some employment law were violated, it is 99% certain that if the agency proposes to terminate her she is a goner. In fact, long gone … Continue reading
FLRA INVITES UNION ATTORNEYS TO EXPAND THEIR ENTITLEMENT TO FEES One of the sweeter benefits for unions is that they are often entitled to receive attorney fees when they win back pay for an employee. When unions win fees they … Continue reading