“Serving those who serve in government”
The only constant in laws and policies is change, and this is as true in federal employment as it is in other areas of law. As one administration takes over for another, it tries to repeal the old and bring its own in approach. Once again, the legal landscape for...
The Department of Defense (DoD) recently updated its rules against extremist activities. However, some are concerned the rules don’t yet go far enough. As the Federal News Network reports, at least one Representative has expressed concerns about the lack of data...
Our country has been through significant stress and change in the recent past – and we have emerged more divided than ever, it seems. From the pandemic to civic unrest and violence, Americans are reeling. Add to that the controversial, dangerous explosion in heated...
Today we continue our post about President Joe Biden’s September 2021 Executive Order 14043 that mandates federal employees (and contractors) to become fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus by Nov. 22, 2021. As we explained in part 1, some exceptions to the...
To comply with President Joe Biden’s vaccination mandate, federal employees need to sear four dates into their memories: Oct. 11, Oct. 18, Nov. 8 and Nov. 22, 2021. On Nov. 22, all federal employees (and federal contractors) must be fully vaccinated against the novel...
Let’s talk work-related injuries and illnesses for a moment as an intro to today’s blog. And let us focus specifically upon the prolonged and unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic and its ravaging effects on broad-based work realities. The blowback from the virus has been...
The Merit Systems Protection Board is a federal agency with impressive scope and powers. In a nutshell, notes an authoritative legal source on employment law and workers’ rights, the MSPB is tasked with “protecting the integrity of the federal merit systems and the...
Management, fix yourself first. That is the prescription offered up by a Forbes contributor who writes on business topics relevant to employer-worker interactions and workplace dynamics. More specifically, notes Mark Murphy, business leaders should never seek to...
We periodically spotlight the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission at the national Devadoss Law Firm. And for obvious reasons. We underscore the EEOC’s key placement in the labor universe, stressing on our website its broad mandate to “oversee equal...
The rationale underpinning the purpose and clout of the federal Merit Systems Protection Board has been eminently clear from its inception more than 40 years ago. We note the centrality of the MSPB in the federal work realm on our website at the proven national...