September 2022 Federal Employment Law Training Group Newsletter
If I Had a Bucket List, This Ride Would Be on It
Last month I had the pleasure of taking a bicycle trip through several national parks and forests in the U.S. and Canada, including Glacier National Park. As part of the itinerary, I rode from West Glacier up the Going to the Sun Road, which is consistently rated one of the top road bike rides in the country. The climb wasn’t easy but the payoff at Logan Pass was worth it – and the downhill was a dream! (The bear sightings weren’t too shabby either.)
I hope you were able to get a break over the summer, as well. Now, it’s the final push to the end of the fiscal year, and time to start planning for FY 2023. At FELTG we are always here to help, so if there are any training areas you need us to cover or if you have ideas for future sessions you’d like us to consider, send an email to [email protected], and we’ll be happy to take a look.
In this month’s newsletter, we discuss AWOL employees, disability harassment, the importance of jurisdiction, medical confidentiality, and much more.
Take care,
Deborah J. Hopkins, FELTG President
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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
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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
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