Excessive Absence and the Third Cook Factor
By Barbara Haga, October 16, 2019 In several classes recently, I have had questions regarding the Cook factors and what makes one of these cases successful. Just to make sure we are all on the same sheet of music, here is a quick review of what the Board wrote in Cook...Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Gender Stereotyping Cases
By Dan Gephart, October 16, 2019 The Supreme Court decision in Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, 490 U.S. 228 (1989) made it clear that Title VII not only protects employees from being treated differently based on their sex. It also protects employees from being treated...Civil Service Update: October 2019
By Dan Gephart, September 18, 2019 Welcome to FY 2020. Didn’t it feel like we spent most of the previous fiscal year waiting? Waiting for new Merit Systems Protection Board members to be confirmed. Waiting for some type of resolution on the portion of President...The Good News: Finally, an End to the Table of Penalties!?!
By Ann Boehm, October 16, 2019 Employee relations specialists, supervisors, and attorneys at agencies all around the country have one thing in common – they love, love, love their agency’s Table of Penalties. And I just don’t get it. When I became Chief of Discipline...Tips From the Other Side: October 2019
By Meghan Droste, October 16, 2019 Like many other large organizations, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issues strategic plans every few years to highlight institutional goals and identify ways in which it hopes to achieve them. During a recent webinar on...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[...]