By Deborah Hopkins, February 10, 2021 Last summer, at the height of the Black Lives Matters protests, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) issued guidance on whether Federal employees were permitted to display Black Lives Matter paraphernalia in the workplace....
By Barbara Haga, February 10, 2021 A case caught my eye earlier this week. I was reading through another newsletter focused on the Federal workplace and saw this headline: Air Force EEO Director Removed Following Investigation. Of course, I had to read that article....
By Ann Boehm, February 10, 2021 Let’s be honest. The past administration did not hold any particular fondness for Federal employees. We can start with the whole “Drain the Swamp” thing. Being referred to as swamp dwellers does not do much for employee morale. The...
By Meghan Droste, February 10, 2021 Happy February, FELTG readers! Although a certain rodent recently predicted six more weeks of winter, I know I have already turned my thoughts to spring and the warm weather it will hopefully bring. I don’t need a groundhog to tell...
By Michael Rhoads, February 10, 2021 Winter has made its presence known this year. Here in the Northeast, my friends and family have had the pleasure of receiving more snow in one storm than we have in the past two years combined. President Biden has also made his...
By Dan Gephart, February 10, 2021 Mountweazel. I just love this word. I discovered it last week as I was reading Liar’s Dictionary, a new novel by Eley Williams. Neither a steep scalable landmass nor a rat-sized mammal, a mountweazel is a bogus entry inserted into a...
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[...]