Category Archives: Performance
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
APPRAISALS BASED ON MERE SAMPLES OF WORK One of the more notorious games of an unfair supervisor is manipulating the work selected to review for a performance appraisal. Those supervisors can set an employee up for great success or heartbreaking … Continue reading
Posted in Discipline/Adverse Action, Membership Building, Performance
Tagged MSPB, MSPR, OPM, Performance Appraisal, Random Sample of Work, union
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RELIGIOUS REFUSALS TO DO WORK QUESTION: When can an employee demand that he or she not be required to perform certain tasks? ANSWER: When performance of the work conflicts with the employee’s religious convictions and it is reasonable for the … Continue reading
Posted in EEO/Religion, Employee Rights, Performance
Tagged EEOC, Reasonable Accommodation, Religious Objection, union
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