Good News – Letters of Reprimand Save You Time and Money

By Ann Boehm, September 16, 2020 I left the government in 2018, I spent a short time working in sales. In nearly every training session or staff meeting I attended, we were told to make sure the potential client knows your goal is to save them time and money. It makes...

What Dave Wants, Dave Gets: Sexual Harassment is Misconduct

By Deborah Hopkins, September 16, 2020 We discuss misconduct a lot during some FELTG training classes. And in other classes, we discuss sexual harassment in the workplace. Sometimes these two matters are discussed in the same class because rarely do workplace issues...

EEOC Provides Guidance on Processing Conflict Cases

By Meghan Droste, September 16, 2020 “Today everything’s a conflict of interest.” Sid Vicious’ words are more  than 40 years old, but they do seem appropriate these days. While issues of conflicts of interest have been in the news for the past few months and...

Flexing Schedules to Help Employees Meet Child Care Needs

By Michael Rhoads, September 16, 2020 The coronavirus has forced everyone to rethink how our society functions. One of the most difficult functions to overcome for me and my peers who have young children has been how to manage childcare while both parents still work...

Tips from the Other Side: No ‘One Size Fits All’ for Accommodations

By Meghan Droste, September 16, 2020 This month, I return to our ongoing review of important issues related to reasonable accommodation requests.  Unfortunately, I have seen agencies too often make very avoidable mistakes when it comes to responding to requests for...

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