Category Archives: Promotion/Hiring
BILINGUALISM AS A MANAGEMENT WEAPON Bilingualism is a highly valued skill in our diverse society, but some managers over at the Social Security Administration have found a new use for it, namely as a weapon to retaliate against an employee. This … Continue reading
DEMANDING TOO MUCH EDUCATION EEOC recently put employers on notice that they may violate the law if they demand more education to compete for a job than is actually required to be successful. Here is their reasoning.
Posted in Disability, EEO/Discrimination, Promotion/Hiring
Tagged Minimum Education Requirement, Promotion
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WATERBOARDING SELECTION OFFICIALS II Not long ago we posted an article about how frustrating it is when selecting officials will not give a best qualified candidate a substantive reason why he/she was passed over for promotion, especially when someone with … Continue reading
WATERBOARDING SELECTING OFFICIALS Ever wonder how to get selecting officials to tell you the real reason why you were not selected for a promotion? Tens of thousands do each year. Here is how.
Posted in Discipline/Adverse Action, Employee Rights, Promotion/Hiring
Tagged Patrick v. Ridge
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MSPB BLAMES QUICKHIRE If you have worked with any of the software packages agencies use to hire and promote applicants, you know that they have shortcomings and flaws. All too often agencies have decided that is just a price employees … Continue reading
HOW TO GRIEVE PROMOTION INTERVIEW SCORES STEWARD ALERT! As explained in FEDSMILL’s recent four-part series on how to grieve promotion decisions, one way is to challenge the promotion scores. A large part of those scores often comes from an interview. … Continue reading
Posted in Promotion/Hiring
Tagged arbitration, CFR, Discrimination, EEOC, FLRA, grievance, interviews, Promotion, Unions
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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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GRIEVING NON-SELECTION FOR PROMOTION (Part 3-ULPs) Another kind of discrimination management must avoid is anti-union animus or discrimination. Title 5 USC 7116(a)(2) makes it an unfair labor practice for management “to encourage or discourage membership in any labor organization by … Continue reading
Posted in FLRA, Promotion/Hiring, ULPs
Tagged animus, anti-union, Discrimination, Promotion, ULP
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