Can You Fire A Federal Employee for Body Odor or Bad Hygiene?
By Deborah Hopkins, November 13, 2019 You’ve probably all dealt with this situation at some point: You’re sitting on an airplane, bus, or subway train, or at a concert or in church or in a meeting, and you catch an odor from the person sitting next to you. It’s not a...More on Excessive Absence and the Third Cook Factor
By Barbara Haga, November 13, 2019 Following up on last month’s column, I continue to look at cases which further illustrate use of the Cook exception to remove an employee for excessive approved absence. In last month’s examples, the Army and Air Force were able to...The Good News: Good Leadership Does Make a Difference
By Ann Boehm, November 13, 2019 In case you hadn’t heard, the Washington Nationals won the World Series!! Sorry Astros fans, but DC really needed this. Now that I’ve almost recovered from the daily fog of staying up too late to watch seven baseball games, I’ve had...It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like … The Holiday Season
By Meghan Droste, November 13, 2019 Time really flies — it feels like just a few weeks ago I was writing about how the EEO process should be your Valentine and now, all of sudden, we’re about two weeks away from Thanksgiving. Of course, the fact that my neighborhood...Takeaways from OPM’s 2019 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey
By Deborah Hopkins, November 13, 2019 It’s that time of year again. No, not the time when the stores put out Christmas decorations and pre-black-Friday sales begin (although that is happening, too). It’s the release of OPM’s 2019 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey...Upcoming Events
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Course Description Whether you’re an HR professional, employee relations practitioner, EEO specialist, supervisor, or agency counsel, you have undoubtedly faced a leave-related challenge. And chances are, you struggled. We understand. Leave is an entitlement. But[...]