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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By Barbara Haga, September 16, 2020 Sometimes you pick up a case that is just chock full of good information. That happened when the case of Lee v. Federal Aviation Administration, No. 2019 -1790 (Fed. Cir. July 29, 2020) appeared in a recent weekly MSPB case report....
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[...]