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Federal employees who are suffering from a disability often have questions about seeking disability benefits. This Q&A answers some of those questions:What Is OPM?The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is the federal agency that determines whether someone gets...
Age discrimination is an issue that can affect any workplace.Although there are many forms of age discrimination, one example is widespread and quite shocking: Employers pressuring older employees to retire.The conduct may be subtle or more straightforward. The...
Last year, the average time a federal employee waited for a resolution of an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint was 543 days. The reasons include a large backlog, a shortage of funding, perhaps a lack of leadership -- and the #MeToo movement, which has...
There is an apparently unforeseen consequence of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that affects federal employees who have been reassigned. Under previous law, when federal employees relocated for their jobs they could deduct certain travel and moving expenses. Those...
After Reporting Harassment And Discrimination, Federal Employees Often Experience RetaliationHonest employees should be rewarded, not reprimanded, in the workplace.Speaking out against illegal or discriminatory actions in the workplace takes courage. But many...
When the Navy began integrating submarines eight years ago, there was push-back. Some submariners, veterans and submariners' wives thought the living quarters were just too tight and that lack of privacy and the potential for romantic entanglements would be...
"It is a national disgrace," says the lead plaintiff in a federal lawsuit against the Navy. The lawsuit accuses the service of giving less-than-honorable discharges to Navy and Marine Corps veterans due to minor infractions engendered by service-related disabilities....
If you're a federal employee, you may have heard that both the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission take on discrimination complaints involving federal employment. In some cases, the proper agency is clear. In others, you can...
Learning that you are the target of an employee investigation is an unsettling thing to go through.Unfortunately, some federal employees are being unfairly scrutinized for alleged misconduct and subjected to investigations.In the federal sector, management has wide...
During a recent House Armed Services subcommittee meeting, Defense Department investigators told lawmakers that complaints against senior military and defense officials have been increasing over the past several years. That said, more of these cases are being turned...