FELTG News Flash
Sometimes, the news can't wait until our next FELTG Newsletter is published! Check out the latest news, case decisions and developments in the world of federal employment law below.The New Board Offers a Lesson on Conduct Unbecoming
By Deborah Hopkins, May 9, 2022 As new cases start coming out of the MSPB after its 5-year wait for a quorum, cases containing lessons with broad applicability to Federal agencies are still few and far between. But a recent decision, involving an appellant’s removal...
Ask FELTG: If an employee with a disability can perform his job at the worksite, why would telework as a reasonable accommodation be necessary?
It wouldn’t be necessary, though the agency could still choose to grant telework as the accommodation if it wanted to. EEOC guidance suggests that the employee’s preference on accommodation should be considered, but ultimately the agency gets to choose the...
And Now a Word With … OPM Director Kiran Ahuja
By Dan Gephart, April 25, 2022 A key milestone in the Biden Administration’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility efforts passed by quietly last month, as the deadline passed for agencies to submit their DEIA strategy plans to the Office of Personnel...
And Now a Word With … FLRA Chair Ernest DuBester
By Dan Gephart, April 18, 2022 Ernest DuBester holds the Federal Labor-Management Relations statute close to his heart. Literally. During our recent conversation, the FLRA chairman pulled a mini printed version of the statute from the left breast pocket of his shirt...
MSPB’s FY 2021 Report – the Last of its Kind for a Long Time
By Deborah Hopkins, March 28, 2022 Last month, the MSPB issued its annual report from FY 2021, and just like the reports from the several years preceding, there were ZERO decisions on Petitions for Review, because there were ZERO members on the MSPB. Well, that’s all...
And Now a Word With … New MSPB Vice Chair Raymond Limon
By Dan Gephart, March 21, 2022 It’s just four words, but we are so thankful that we won’t have to include them in any more presentations or articles about the Merit Systems Protection Board. I’m talking about, of course, “lack of a quorum.” On March 1, the Senate...
MSPB Quorum Returns After 1,880 Days
By Deborah J. Hopkins, March 2, 2022 Late yesterday, while the world was focused on the Ukraine crisis and the country discussed the State of the Union address, the Senate confirmed two individuals to the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (the Board) by voice vote:...
And Now a Word With … Mxolisi Siwatu About EEOC’s Report on Older Workers
By Dan Gephart, February 22, 2022 What do you want first -- the good news or the bad news? The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s recent report on older Federal workers offered a little bit of both. Let’s start with the good news. General job satisfaction,...
3 Things to Know About the Federal Vaccine Requirement’s Injunction
By Deborah Hopkins, February 7, 2022 On January 21, a Federal district judge in Texas issued an injunction on the vaccine requirement for Federal employees, established last September by Executive Order 14043. The Biden Administration has appealed the injunction and...
Federal Court Puts Vaccine Mandate on Pause: What’s Next?
By Dan Gephart, January 24, 2022 The FELTG mailbag has been overfilled of late with questions from readers preparing to take adverse actions against employees who failed to comply with President Biden’s vaccine mandate. Today we can answer all those questions with...