‘Legitimate’ Non-discriminatory Reasons – When Preselection is a Defense
By Meghan Droste, August 14, 2019 Before going to a new restaurant, I always check out the menu online. Part of this is probably a holdover from when I was a picky eater growing up and I needed to make sure there was at least one thing on the menu I would eat. As an...We Don’t Need Civil Service Reform, Part II: Accountability Doesn’t Take as Much Time as You Think
By Deborah Hopkins, August 14, 2019 Last month, I published the first article in a three-part series We Don’t Need Civil Service Reform, where I discussed how holding employees accountable is not as difficult as you think. A couple readers took issue with that...The Good News: Mulvaney is Wrong!
By Ann Boehm, August 14, 2019 Acting Chief of Staff to the President and Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney recently spoke at a Republican Party event in South Carolina and boasted about the Administration’s clever way of getting Federal...Accommodation and Performance Issues
By Barbara Haga, August 14, 2019 The topic of accommodation sometimes arises when an employee is having difficulties meeting the performance requirements of the position, and could also occur when the level of performance has dropped even though it is still acceptable...Tips From the Other Side: August 2019
By Meghan Droste, August 14, 2019 According to the EEOC’s federal sector data, harassment is the most common issue in federal sector EEO complaints, with over 8,000 filed in fiscal year 2018. See Form 462 Complaints Tables. Unfortunately, the improper fragmentation...Upcoming Events
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Course Description Whether you’re an HR professional, employee relations practitioner, EEO specialist, supervisor, or agency counsel, you have undoubtedly faced a leave-related challenge. And chances are, you struggled. We understand. Leave is an entitlement. But[...]