About 4000 federal employees say they contracted the coronavirus at work and 60 have died
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Workplace disability discrimination not always clearly understood
Do you have a disability? That can sometimes seem to be a problematic – even loaded – question when posed to an individual in the workplace realm. Both prospective and current employees might reasonably be taken aback when hearing that query, especially when a boss or...
Resolving conflict: the essentials of the ADR process
The so-called “ADR process” has long been in play as a central component for addressing business conflict in the commercial realm. In recent years, too, it has progressively gained traction for its proven utility in the federal employment sphere. First things first:...
Safeguarding the workplace rights of pregnant employees
Are you pregnant and worried about virtually everything linked with your employment?Many federal workers across the country fit that bill. They stress over singular requirements and restrictions that might be imposed on them. They think that their performance reviews...
What federal employees should know about racial discrimination
If there was still any doubt that racial discrimination continues to plague our nation and harm our society, the recent protests should put that doubt to rest. Despite our nation’s lofty ideals, our society falls short in many ways. These include workplace inequality,...
Important things to know about federal workplace discrimination
Many readers of our blog posts might think that federal job discrimination comprises a relatively straightforward and narrow category. That is, the topic is centrally about employers engaging in unlawful hiring and firing practices.Right? At its core, isn’t what...
A viable workplace concern: questionable job termination
Here’s a solidly debunked myth: Bad employers exist only in the private sphere.That assessment is not only off the mark, but proven flatly untrue by legions of federal workers across the country who have been victimized by problematic bosses and managers.The behavior...
SCOTUS ruling alters standard in federal wage discrimination cases
To call a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a key employment law matter “seminal” would be both understatement and a bit obvious. Every SCOTUS legal holding is arguably monumentalLast month’s 8-1 high-court outcome in a federal discrimination case...
Should federal employees return to unsafe offices?
Like all employees, federal employees have the right to a safe workspace. However, you may sometimes find it difficult to enforce that right, especially when your agency claims it has already responded to your safety concerns.This is an issue that recently became...
Spotlighting union-linked protections for federal workers
America’s economic history is a long and complex tale. It is marked by longstanding challenges to the country’s vast and varied workforce and U.S. workers’ hard-fought employment protections secured over time.Unions are at the heart of that story, especially in the...