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As the nation’s largest employer, the federal government has often tried to lead the charge for greater workplace diversity and equity. This has led to many changes over the years. Recently, it has led to a mixed reception for a new job posting with the Justice...
If you’re waiting for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to process your retirement, you aren’t alone. If you’re thinking of applying for retirement, you want to make sure you get things right. January 2022 saw the OPM sitting on its largest backlog of...
If you are in trouble at work as a federal employee, one of the primary concerns you might have involves your retirement benefits. If you are facing disciplinary action or termination of employment, what does that do to your retirement benefits? For any federal...
If you suffer a work-related injury or illness, you may find yourself burdened by medical bills and unable to work. Workers in the private sector tend to address these concerns by filing for workers’ compensation. As a federal employee, you may also file for workers’...
Last year, Congress passed the Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act. In January, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposed the rule it would use to uphold the law. Now, at the beginning of February, the comments period for the proposed...
Early on in the pandemic, many workplaces chose to move to a work-from-home model. Employees who had been accustomed to working in an office exclusively had to adapt to a full-time tele-work model. No longer going into the office, those employees now had their work...
The government relies on whistleblowers to protect us from public health concerns, tax theft and abuses of power. For this reason, there are dozens of laws protecting whistleblowers from retaliation. However, many whistleblowers still find themselves unprotected after...
As a federal employee, you have the right to respond to any proposed discipline. This right exists largely as a safeguard against workplace discrimination. It gives you the chance to point out the flaws in a manager’s argument. For example, if you suddenly find...
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...
As a federal employee, you may be confused about the current state of federal vaccine mandates. That’s understandable. There are multiple vaccine mandates in play, and their statuses have changed a great deal in the past months. One of the more important updates came...