Category Archives: Grievance/Arbitration
SIMILARLY SITUATED CONCEPT EXPANDED AGAIN Not long ago FEDSMILL.com posted a piece entitled, “Who Are the Similarly Situated.” We noted that at least one circuit court did not require that the employees in the compared cases have the same supervisor, … Continue reading
TEST YOURSELF- A New Kind of Posting Starting today we plan on posting fact patterns that will give you a chance to challenge your knowledge of labor/employment laws, regulations and strategy. Each will deal with a situation union representatives are … Continue reading
WHAT CAN BACK PAY AND DAMAGES INCLUDE? You will be surprised to see what can be included and it all depends on how you draft the grievance.
SPOTTING DISCRIMINATION VIOLATIONS & GRIEVANCES Every time a member comes to the union for help with some personnel action, the union rep should not only look for violations of the contract, regulations, and past practice, but also whether management’s action … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, EEO/Discrimination, Grievance/Arbitration, Performance
Tagged grievance, Prima Facia
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16 WAYS PROBATIONERS CAN APPEAL TERMINATIONS The single biggest lie told newly hired federal employees may be the words “Probationary employees have no rights.” The second biggest might be that there is nothing the union can do for them during … Continue reading
PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEE INTERVIEW CHECKLIST If a probationary employee comes to the union for help because he/she is about to be or has been terminated, the union should go over the following issues with the employee to see if there are … Continue reading
Posted in FLRA, Grievance/Arbitration, MSPB, Probation Period
Tagged Interview, Investigation, Probationary period, Termination
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UNIONS FOOLISH TO REFER EEO COMPLAINTS TO AGENCY EEO OFFICERS LEADER ALERT! Too many unions think that they should not use the grievance process to pursue employee complaints about civil rights discrimination. As a result, they refer employees with discrimination … Continue reading
Posted in EEO/Discrimination, Grievance/Arbitration
Tagged arbitration, EEO, federal, grievance, union
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HOW UNIONS GET UNIT MEMBERS PROMOTED MEMBER ALERT! Almost every time someone is promoted other applicants get passed over. Often, the passed over applicants feel they were just as qualified or even better qualified than the selectee. Sometimes they even … Continue reading
Posted in EEO/Discrimination, Grievance/Arbitration, Promotion/Hiring
Tagged Discrimination, federal, grievance, Promotion, union
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