By William Wiley The Board published its annual summary of cases decided a couple of months ago. Normally, I dig into those win/loss tables with glee, separating the agencies who won most of their appeals from the pitiful losers who are wasting the government’s money....
By Deryn Sumner As I promised last week, here are some facts and figures from decisions awarding non-pecuniary compensatory damages issued by the EEOC’s Office of Federal Operations in calendar year 2015. I’ll start with a caveat. This is based on my review of the...
By William Wiley Once again, I willingly choose to engage in the crime of lèse-majesté. Consider the following exchange: Bill: Hey, Deb, how did you get to work today? Deb: Well, I drove my Ford, as usual. Bill: You’re lying. I saw you driving a...
By Barbara Haga In the past two columns we reviewed cases where misuse of the government vehicle was not sustained. This month we will look at a case where the Board, and the Federal Circuit, upheld the disciplinary action. Stranded on a Sand Pile This case is...
Course Description It’s one of the situations most managers would most like to avoid — an employee who doesn’t show up for work. As agencies order some employees to return to the physical workplace, the[...]