Why F-Words Get Agencies in Trouble
By Deborah Hopkins, October 18, 2022 For as long as we’ve been a company (since 2001, in case you’re wondering), FELTG has taught agency reps and supervisors that if you’re charging misconduct that begins with an f-word (falsification, fraud, false _______, etc.),...Don’t Forget the Accommodation of Last Resort
By Deborah Hopkins, October 18, 2022 In our Reasonable Accommodation training classes, we at FELTG focus on the framework set out in the law. It’s the best way to ensure your agency is handling every request appropriately. Here’s the basic approach once it’s been...WIGI Documentation Can Justify a PIP Under Santos
By Deborah J. Hopkins, September 19, 2022 I don’t know about you, but I am still loving the fact that we have a fully functioning MSPB again. While you might be tempted to skip over the non-precedential (NP) cases, you should rethink that because we have found several...EEOC Case Illustrates the Ugliness of Harassment Based on Disability
By Deborah Hopkins, September 12, 2022 Members of the FELTG Nation are likely familiar with EEO cases where agencies fail to accommodate a complainant’s disability, but there’s another ugly side of disability discrimination that sometimes arises – hostile work...Q&A About the Douglas Factors Under the New MSPB
By William Wiley and Deborah J. Hopkins, August 22, 2022 In a recent MSPB case law update (the next one is October 20, if you’re interested), we discussed the Douglas factors and the new comparator analysis the Board laid out in Singh v. USPS, 2022 MSPB 15 (May 31,...Upcoming Events
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