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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...
One of the common problems with federal employees approved for retirement disability benefits with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) involves the delays in receiving payments. Most people who retire on disability are not able to continue working in a way that...
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently released its annual report on telework. Because of delays in data gathering, the report only addressed telework through 2020. Unsurprisingly, it found a huge spike in government telework. It also found that many...
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...
A recent audit revealed that the IRS has failed to process discipline in a timely fashion. Of the 6,100 actions initiated over a 12-month period ending in mid-2020, more than a quarter remained unresolved. Many of these actions were more than half a year old. At the...