Due Process Lessons From Three New MSPB Cases

By Deborah Hopkins, December 6, 2022 As we continue MSPB Law Week (next held March 27-31), I thought I’d share a few of the new Board’s decisions on appellant allegations of due process violations. From my read, the Board seems to be closely following four decades of...

3 Reasons Why Member Grundmann is Optimistic About FLRA’s Future

By Dan Gephart, December 6, 2022 As she nears completion of the first six months of her tenure as a Federal Labor Relations Authority member, Susan Tsui Grundmann is very optimistic about the agency. We caught up with Member Grundmann a couple of times over the past...

Your Agency’s DEIA Strategy Should Address Workplace Antisemitism

By Dan Gephart, December 6, 2022 Five years ago, it was young men carrying torches and shouting “Jews will not replace us” on the eve of the violent Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. Four years ago, it was a 46-year-old man killing 11 and wounding six at the...

Concerned About Employee Mental Wellness? Here are Some Solutions

By Shana Palmieri, LCSW, December 6, 2022 The ongoing impact of the pandemic is clear: There are drastic increases in the rates of anxiety and depression and a growing need for access to behavioral health treatment. Prevalence rates of anxiety and depression rose 50...

The Good News: A Letter to Santa 2022

By Ann Boehm, December 6, 2022 Dear Santa: I hope you and Mrs. Claus are doing well. Has inflation hit the North Pole? Kind of crazy how it’s hit everyone this year! Is the staff recovering from the pandemic? Any mass resignations or “quiet quitting” by the elves? I’m...

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