Federal employment laws protect federal employees. They also ensure reasonable wages, safe workplaces and protections against discrimination for workers of all sorts. These include the people who work for companies contracted by the U.S. government. But you wouldn’t...
The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) recently released the results of its 2021 survey on prohibited practices. The report features a number of key talking points, but one stands out. Federal agencies have become increasingly partisan, and more employees have...
Numbers don’t lie, but they can certainly open themselves up to a wide range of interpretations. This is absolutely the case for the most recent figures on federal pay raises. FedWeek recently posted its analysis of the pay raise data held by the Office of Personnel...
Many federal employees use government-issued smartphones, tablets and other devices. Now, those employees face a deadline to scrub the TikTok app off their devices. As the Government Executive reported, the White House publicized the ban on Monday, February 27. Its...
As a federal employee, you enjoy certain legal protections. These exist to ensure that others will judge you based on your performance. The law prevents agencies from taking action against you based on your race, age, gender, religion, disability or any other...
When most federal employees across the country are injured or sickened on the job, their exclusive remedy is to file for federal workers’ compensation benefits. This is the only way for them to seek coverage for financial losses from work-related physical or mental...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently argued that five Biden appointees were serving illegally as “acting” officials. As the Government Executive noted, this marks a point of disagreement between the GAO and the Department of Justice (DOJ), which argued...
Federal employees enter their chosen profession for any number of reasons, but likely do so with the intent to help make our country a better place. This makes it even more frustrating when these same workers notice unethical or illegal actions within the workplace....
The Biden administration recently released its roadmap for greater scientific integrity in government agencies. The response to the roadmap, however, has been mixed. Some appreciate the administration’s efforts to ensure greater scientific integrity. Others say the...
The U.S. Postal Service counts more than half a million career employees. Accordingly, even small differences between the rates of employee concerns can have large real-world impact. Data collection errors that lead to numbers off by just one percent of the whole...
