In-Office Thursdays Only? Some Employees Really Do Need Specific Telework Days
By Deborah J. Hopkins, January 17, 2023 If your agency has an employee who, as a reasonable accommodation (RA), teleworks three days a week, and reports to the office one day a week, you might think the agency has the right to choose which day the employee reports to...Due Process Lessons From Three New MSPB Cases
By Deborah Hopkins, December 6, 2022 As we continue MSPB Law Week (next held March 27-31), I thought I’d share a few of the new Board’s decisions on appellant allegations of due process violations. From my read, the Board seems to be closely following four decades of...So, Now Putin Can Claim Whistleblower Reprisal and Get an MSPB Hearing?
By Deborah J. Hopkins, November 28, 2022 The MSPB’s most recent precedential decision deals with a Federal contractor (Abernathy) who made a protected disclosure in 2012 when he alerted the agency’s Inspector General that agency officials had misappropriated funds. A...A New Aggravating Job Type Under Douglas Factor 2
By Deborah J. Hopkins, November 15, 2022 A brand-new precedential MSPB decision has led me to ask FELTG readers: What charge would you draft, and what penalty would you assess, in this case? Here are some facts: The appellant, a GS-9 Supervisory HR specialist, made...EEO Reprisal is (Unfortunately) Alive and Well
By Deborah J. Hopkins, November 15, 2022 Reprisal, or retaliation, is alleged in about half of all EEO complaints. It is the most common basis of discrimination in findings against agencies. Let’s look at a few situations where the EEOC has issued findings of EEO...Upcoming Events
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