MSPB’s FY 2021 Report – the Last of its Kind for a Long Time
By Deborah Hopkins, March 28, 2022 Last month, the MSPB issued its annual report from FY 2021, and just like the reports from the several years preceding, there were ZERO decisions on Petitions for Review, because there were ZERO members on the MSPB. Well, that’s all...Q&A About Performance Demonstration Periods, Otherwise Known as PIPs
By Deborah J. Hopkins, March 15, 2022 As we eagerly await the first decisions from the newly seated MSPB quorum, we have also just passed the one-year anniversary of the Federal Circuit decision Santos v. NASA, that made us rethink everything we thought we knew about...MSPB Quorum Returns After 1,880 Days
By Deborah J. Hopkins, March 2, 2022 Late yesterday, while the world was focused on the Ukraine crisis and the country discussed the State of the Union address, the Senate confirmed two individuals to the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (the Board) by voice vote:...Three Things You May Not Know About Nondiscriminatory Hiring
By Deborah Hopkins, February 15, 2022 By now, FELTG readers know that Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) in the Federal workplace is a priority for the Biden Administration. And many agencies are in the process of hiring new employees, keeping in...Demystifying the Individual Right of Action
By Deborah Hopkins, February 15, 2022 A lot of FELTG training involves how agencies should handle disciplinary actions known as Otherwise Appealable Actions, or OAAs. OAAs are suspensions of 15 days or more, demotions, and removals. OAAs get their name because they...Upcoming Events
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