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MARGARET, MINNIE, AND THE DOUGLAS FACTORS We recently wrote that agencies will sorely regret it if they decide to no longer consider the Douglas Factors when disciplining employees. The White House brain trust may want them to do so, but … Continue reading
WHAT IS “THE HEIST?” It is a newly released documentary about you. More specifically, it recounts the 2025 chaos the Trump/DOGE madness created in government. It details what to the 249-year- old American civil service established on the concept of … Continue reading
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DID YOU MISS THESE POSTS? Whether due to the shutdown, holidays or your “use or lose” leave, you may have missed a few of the more important pieces we have posted since October 1 concerning Civil Rights and Labor Relations. … Continue reading
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OUR PRESIDENT’S RENAMING FRENZY & YOU If you have not been in the District lately due to some use or lose leave or to treat a year-long migraine, you should know that the President is in the process of a … Continue reading
WOMEN! WHY DON’T THEY KNOW THEIR PLACE? For those of you with an archeological interest, return with me to observe a Stone Age man at the Dep’t. of Agriculture. Lia, an employee of that Neanderthal, filed an EEO complaint charging … Continue reading
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NATIONAL UNION PRESIDENT BARS STAFF FEDSMILL INFORMATION That’s right. We have been hit with what amounts to a “gag order.” We have been posting Fedsmill pieces for almost 13 years trying to make sure union reps get information that their … Continue reading
WHY ALL FEDERAL EMPLOYEE UNIONS’ TOP LEADERS ARE HYPOCRITES That’s right, even though the staffers at Fedsmill consider themselves to be diehard supporters of unions, we must call a foul when we see top union leaders behave so miserably toward … Continue reading
NO ENVIRONMENTAL DIFFERENTIAL PAY (EDP) FOR COVID EXPOSURE Not sure why the union chose to take this case to the generally anti-employee Federal Circuit Court rather than to arbitration. Afterall, arbitrators have ordered EDP and the FLRA has upheld those orders. But … Continue reading
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FMLA, DISABILITIES, AND LIGHT DUTY An employee, Jessie Crutch, had a long-time reasonable accommodation of being allowed to rest his hip for a few minutes every few hours while working as a warehouse custodian. As the injury got worse and … Continue reading
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