Are dress codes an anachronism in federal agencies? Should employees be able to wear plastic flip-flops and tank tops when they come to work? Should agencies care about their public image? Here are several observations from a former federal human resources professional on the subject.
If you think your agency is about to remove you from your job, what are your options?
A federal attorney did not want to move to Arlington, VA from Texas so she resigned.
She then filed an appeal contending that the resignation was involuntary and was a constructive removal.
T.J. Bonner, President of the National Border Patrol Council, responds to a recent article regarding the vote of “no confidence” in the Chief of the US Border Patrol. The author states that “…the motivation for the vote of no confidence was not malice toward Chief Aguilar…but rather a sense of duty and devotion to this country….”
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has just issued a decision that gives DoD approval to proceed with the new labor relations structure by overturning a ruling of a lower court.
The Postal Service reached a settlement with an employee being demoted. The former postmaster was to apply for disability retirement and the agency was to cooperate and facilitate his application. A federal court says the agency did not live up to its end of the bargain and send the case back to the MSPB.
Welcome to the Internet revolution. Some readers ask why we run news articles that we know (or should know) that our readers will not like? Why do we run news items that make some federal employees look bad?
Most people want a promotion–including military officers. This Naval officer went to court to get a promotion but the Navy gets the case thrown out on summary judgment.
A Bureau of Prisons senior officer specialist was deployed to Iraq after his Marine Corps unit was activated. He was court-martialed for dereliction of duty and assault as a result of his interaction with Iraqi prisoners. After he returned to work, the agency removed him and the case went to court.
A patent examiner has lost in her bid to persuade the MSPB and a federal court that her resignation was involuntary. The issue is not the employee’s subjective beliefs but whether a reasonable person would have felt compelled to resign.
