By William Wiley, January 18, 2017 If you watched many of the hundreds of college football bowl games recently, you might have noticed something I’ve not seen before. Apparently, there were at least a couple of senior superstars who chose not to play in their team’s...
By Deryn Sumner, January 18, 2017 Following up on the report issued in 2016 by the EEOC’s Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace, on January 10, 2017, the EEOC announced that it was seeking feedback on a proposed Enforcement Guidance on Unlawful...
By Deborah Hopkins, January 18, 2017 Within the first few minutes of our FELTG onsite class UnCivil Servant: Holding Employees Accountable for Performance and Conduct, Bill and I ask a question of the attendees: Which of the following are “disciplinary” actions?...
By William Wiley, January 18, 2017 Having worked inside of MSPB for nearly a decade, I know how this stuff works. As a Member’s departure gets closer, tough issues with significant impact that have been hanging around undecided get decided. It’s now or never when an...
By Deryn Sumner, January 18, 2017 A few weeks ago, someone stopped by my office and asked me to list what I considered the most important cases issued by the EEOC’s Office of Federal Operations in 2016. And I’m pretty sure I looked up from the pile of work I was...
By Barbara Haga, January 18, 2017 I am following up with another article regarding another recommendation included in the report Governing for Results: A Transition and Management Agenda to Lead Policy Change in a New Administration, issued on October 17. The report...
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[...]