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...The New Board Affirms Several Established Discipline Principles
By William Wiley, September 12, 2022 Best practices in our business are worth restating on occasion, particularly when we get new adjudicators at MSPB. From an otherwise unremarkable recent Board final order, we are refreshingly reminded of the following principles...Effective Performance Plans are Key to Supervising Teleworkers
By Barbara Haga, September 12, 2022 I recently led a virtual training session on creating effective performance narratives as part of FELTG’s Federal Workplace 2022: Accountability, Challenges & Trends event, where I discussed several issues related to performance...Confidentially Speaking: Legitimate Reason Needed to Request Medical Info
By Michael Rhoads, September 12, 2022 Think of a personal secret you’ve been keeping. Now imagine that, as part of an investigation, you must divulge that secret. You assume that the investigators will keep the secret confidential, only to find out that personal...The Good News: Jurisdiction Matters to FLRA, MSPB, EEOC — It Better Matter to You
By Ann Boehm, September 12, 2022 The decision-making entities in Federal employment and labor law have distinct jurisdictional limitations. Based upon some interesting recent decisions from several of these entities, they take those limitations seriously. The Federal...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[...]