A Customs and Border Protection Officer reported his car had been stolen. When police recovered the car and made an arrest, he tried to have the charges dropped. After admitting that the woman he initially claimed he did not know had been his mistress for some time, his future career as a federal employee was thrown into doubt. A federal court reviewed his removal appeal.
The index that is used as the basis for the Thrift Savings Plan’s C fund has had its best five-month run since 1938. TSP funds are up for the month and also up substantially for the year as well. That is good news but also consider the performance of your funds over the past twelve months as well.
As he has recently with the FLRA, the President nominated two experienced Washington Hands to fill vacancies at the Merit Systems Protection Board.
The Author discusses the Senate process and provides copies of the nominees written statements and extensive responses to Senate questionnaires. Since their confirmation is a virtual certainty, those involved in Federal labor relations would be well advised to get to know these people and their views.
The Internal Revenue takes accessing taxpayer databases without an official business purpose seriously. The first offense can–and does–lead to removal. This 13-year federal employee was fired and the court upholds the removal.
If your agency is making changes and intends to notify its union(s), you will probably end up bargaining with the union. These tips can increase your leverage.
A Homeland Security official was fired for being less than truthful over a machete attack involving his girlfriend’s son. A GPS tag sowed he had visited the house of a gang member on a number of occasions. He was fired for multiple reasons including unauthorized disclosure of government information and personal use of an immigration database. He filed an appeal of his removal that went to court.
Should agencies have a policy to prohibit meetings in desirable locations? Most readers indicate their agencies do not have such a policy and most indicate the location of a meeting does not influence their decision to attend.
An amendment to expand federal employee benefits has again died in the Senate after passing in the House. The withdrawal of the amendment kills, at least for the moment, a proposal to provide credit for unused sick leave for FERS employees upon retirement.
The author says that two recent cases provide greater legal muscle for Federal and Postal employee in filing for Federal disability retirement benefits and represent needed legal refinements in the “evolving” process of law.
