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.And Now a Word With … FLRA CADRO’s Michael Wolf (Part II)
By Dan Gephart, May 27, 2923 In the first of this two-part article, we talked to the Federal Labor Relations Authority’s Michael Wolf, who is director of the Authority’s Collaboration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (CADRO) program about that program’s success....
Three Costly Lessons on Reasonable Accommodation
By Deborah J. Hopkins, March 6, 2023 There are always two sides to a reasonable accommodation (RA) case: the agency’s side and the complainant’s side. While a lot of our training programs at FELTG focus on avoiding agency liability, there’s another aspect to this...
Ask FELTG: What’s the Best Way to Calculate Non-pecuniary Compensatory Damages in an EEO Case?
February 28, 2023 Thanks for the question. The best way to determine appropriate compensatory damages in cases where agencies are found liable for discrimination, harassment, reprisal, or a failure to accommodate is to look at the harm the employee endured. It’s...
And Now a Word With … Michael Wolf of FLRA’s CADRO Program
By Dan Gephart, February 21, 2023 Soon after the Administrative Dispute Resolution Action was amended in 1996, the Federal Labor Relations Authority established the Collaboration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (CADRO) program. CADRO provides mediation for...
To Avoid the Kraken, Warn Without Threatening
By William Wiley, February 6, 2023 If you have attended any FELTG training relative to handling misbehaving employees, you have no doubt heard our instructors caution that, from a legal standpoint, the less you do to a problem employee, the better. That’s because...
Last Chance Agreement Violation With a Side of Fries
By Deborah J. Hopkins, January 30, 2023 A last chance agreement (LCA) is an alternative disciplinary option for an agency when an employee has engaged in misconduct that warrants a removal, but the agency gives the employee one final opportunity to keep her job....
And Now A Word With … EEOC Chief AJ Regina Stephens
By Dan Gephart, January 3, 2022 Regina Stephens was named EEOC's Chief Administrative Judge in October 2022. It's a full circle return. Her path to becoming Chief AJ began in Washington, DC, where she worked as an appellate attorney in the Office of Review and...
Year in Review: Top FELTG Newsletter Stories of 2022
By Dan Gephart, December 13, 2022 Happy Holidays FELTG Nation! Welcome to the fourth annual year-end News Flash, where we unveil the most popular FELTG newsletter stories (based on the number of reads and forwards) of the previous 12 months. The 2021 Year in Review...
Your Agency’s DEIA Strategy Should Address Workplace Antisemitism
By Dan Gephart, December 6, 2022 Five years ago, it was young men carrying torches and shouting “Jews will not replace us” on the eve of the violent Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. Four years ago, it was a 46-year-old man killing 11 and wounding six at the...
So, Now Putin Can Claim Whistleblower Reprisal and Get an MSPB Hearing?
By Deborah J. Hopkins, November 28, 2022 The MSPB’s most recent precedential decision deals with a Federal contractor (Abernathy) who made a protected disclosure in 2012 when he alerted the agency’s Inspector General that agency officials had misappropriated funds. A...