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NTEU STUNG BY IRS FLIM-FLAM? We ran across an article in NTEU’s Chapter 60 “Watchdog” newsletter that shines a bright light on the games too many agencies play with their performance award money. Given that the story is written by … Continue reading
HAS CBP SURRENDERED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BACK PAY CASE? Close to 20,000 current, former, and possibly dead Customs and Border Protection Officers (CBPO) got what should be great news in January. (DHS, CBP v. FLRA, D.C.Cir., No. 15-1471, January 29, 2016) … Continue reading
UNION WINS ARBITRATION FOR NON-UNIT EMPLOYEE That’s right; you are not seeing things. The union filed a grievance on behalf of a non-unit temporarily assigned to unit work. When the agency did not pay the employee what it was required … Continue reading
NEW EEOC PUBLICATION OUTLINES ADA RIGHTS OF HIV-POSITIVE EMPLOYEES The title says it all. If you area involved with an HIV-positive employee, as a union rep or manager, this is something you need to look through.
ATHEIST ENTITLED TO “RELIGIOUS” ACCOMMODATION How far can unbelievers insist their employers go to respect their beliefs about religion? Here is an interesting story about a new court case that suggests atheists have as much of a right to demand … Continue reading
DO UNION ATTORNEY FEES VIOLATE NONMEMBERS’ CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS? Labor unions are breathing a sigh of relief now that Justice Scalia chose an ultra-rightwing meeting of animal killers to steal the spotlight by following the groups’ prey to another place. He … Continue reading
EEOC UPHOLDS LANGUAGE DISCRIMINATION VIOLATION When a private contractor being audited by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) complained that he could not understand the federal employee auditing him, the management ordered the employee to communicate all messages through a … Continue reading
A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE MAKES $6.4 MILLION And this guy wants to lower federal employee pensions. Read for yourself from the N. Y. Times.
ANOTHER EEOC GUIDE Just a few days ago we pointed you in the direction of the AFGE Guide to Fighting Discrimination as a great source for employees and their union reps embarking on an EEO charge. But we don’t want … Continue reading
CBP’S HAIL MARY PASS BLOWN DEAD You needn’t have stayed on top of federal sector labor relations developments over the last decade to know that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is involved in a ton of litigation with the unions … Continue reading
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