The Good News: The PWFA Is Good for Employees and Easy for Agencies
By Ann Boehm, September 11, 2023 Have you heard about the newest anti-discrimination law? On Dec. 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) into law. It’s the first new anti-discrimination statute since 2008. It went into effect on June...Confidentially Speaking: Be Very Careful With All Medical Information
By Dan Gephart, September 11, 2023 The overworn idiom about the road to a certain scorching and undesirable place (no, I’m not talking my former state of residence, Florida) being “paved with good intentions” applies to the Rehabilitation Act. Just replace the H, the...New MSPB Case Highlights Dangers of Retirement Misinformation
By Barbara Haga, September 11, 2023 FELTG President Emeritus Bill Wiley sent me an MSPB decision last week. Many of you are aware I spent most of my Federal career working for the Navy, and Bill spent some time there, too. At the end of my years with the Navy, I...When Emotional Stress Can (and Can’t) Support a Workers Comp Claim, Part 2
By Frank Ferreri, September 11, 2023 Just how much stress does it take to support a workers’ compensation claim? That’s a question we started to answer last month by breaking down recent cases that address when stress turns into an occupational disease for Federal...Upcoming Events
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