By Ann Boehm, June 17, 2020 I just can’t write Good News this month. There’s too much bad news. Too much happening that doesn’t make sense. Months of dealing with COVID-19, and now George Floyd. I’m not a good enough writer to express proper thoughts on the George...
By Deoborah Hopkins, June 17, 2020 Here’s a timely hypothetical that recently came across the FELTG desk: Dear FELTG, My agency sent all employees home to telework starting at the beginning of April. Hypothetically, the agency learned that an employee left his...
By Meghan Droste, June 17, 2020 No matter where you live, there likely have been protests in or near your city or town in the past two weeks addressing ongoing issues with policing and racial justice. In DC, we have seen large numbers of people brave the current...
By Barbara Haga, June 17, 2020 Last month’s column addressed what to do if an employee who was reporting to your workplace refused to have his or her temperature checked. Guidance has been issued from CDC and EEOC on the topic of temperature-taking in the workplace....
By Meghan Droste, June 17, 2020 How long is too long to wait? As with so many things that we do in the practice of law, the answer is: It depends. If we’re talking about morning caffeine, an hour might be too long for many of us. If we’re talking about seeing the new...
By Deborah Hopkins, June 17, 2020 There are a few items in President Trump’s May 2018 Civil Service Executive Order Trifecta with which I don’t necessarily agree. But there are a lot of provisions that actually mirror what FELTG has been teaching for two decades....
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