Handling Social Media Threats from an Off-Duty Employee

By Deborah Hopkins, June 12, 2018 Here’s an email we received after a recent training program on managing employee behavioral health issues in the federal workplace: Dear FELTG, thank you for an excellent presentation today on behavioral health issues. I had a...

The Two Sides of EEO Reprisal Protections: Participation and Opposition

By Deborah Hopkins, June 12, 2018 Reprisal is a word that strikes fear in the hearts of supervisors everywhere. Indeed, we’ve seen a few cases where seemingly-minor behaviors were found to be EEO reprisal. For the purposes of this article, we’ll define reprisal as...

Tips from the Other Side: LGBTQ Terminology and Concepts

My Meghan Droste, June 12, 2018 “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—it’s the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”  Mark Twain’s excellent note on word choice is a lesson we can all learn from...

Understanding and Supporting the Bipolar Employee

By Shana Palmieri, June 12, 2018 Have you ever noticed an employee or coworker who seems to have severe mood swings? I’m not talking about normal good day/bad day fluctuations, but episodes where the person is so hyperactive you can’t slow him down, or so depressed...

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