Current news and events impacting the federal workforce, both current federal employees and federal retirees.
A recent case demonstrates that when the federal government gets too involved in personnel decisions affecting contract employees, it could open the door to equal employment opportunity complaints just as if the individual is in fact a government employee.
A trial court has rebuffed the government’s attempts to set aside a jury verdict in favor of an unsuccessful applicant for an FBI Special Agent position. The FBI revoked its conditional offer of employment to a Type I insulin-dependent diabetic applicant. The applicant invoked the Rehabilitation Act and sued the agency.
A fired Architect of the Capitol employee has learned a second time that it is pretty difficult to sue your former bosses for personal damages.
Those who work for the federal government don’t think much of the process of hiring new employees. While Uncle Sam may be in the process of hiring hundreds of thousands of new federal employees, those currently working in federal agencies don’t hold out much hope for attracting, hiring and retaining good employees.
The C fund has now had six straight months of gains in the federal Thrift Savings Plan. No doubt, TSP investors are cheering the 2009 results so far but there is still plenty of reason to be cautious in investing your retirement funds.
Here is the text of a letter from President Obama to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate transmitting an alternative plan for pay increases for civilian Federal employees covered by the General Schedule (GS) and certain other pay systems in January 2010.
There is a real possibility that the contribution limits to your Thrift Savings Plan could go down for 2010. Here is why this is the case.
A number of readers have asked: How many federal employees are there in various pay groupings? How many federal employees are there in each GS pay grade? Here is a brief description and a graphical depiction of the number of federal employees in the GS system from those making less than $20,000 per year to those making more than $180,000 per year.
In a decision designed to save hundreds of millions of dollars in labor-related costs, the Postal Service has negotiated an agreement with two unions to offer some Postal employees a financial incentive to retire or resign before the end of the fiscal year.
The plain language of the proposed order requires Agencies to “allow employees and their union representatives pre-decisional involvement in all workplace matters”. This provision has some fairly staggering consequences if implemented. Pay very careful attention if you’re in operational management.
