Everyone has noticed that prices are going up. Inflation may have an impact on your paycheck next year. The annual increase in retirement checks will go up next January, probably at least 4.5%. Current federal employees may be looking at an average increase of 3.9%–but locality pay will make a big difference in the actual check for current employees.
The author responds to an article published last week in FedSmith calling for an end to the FLRA and calling for some drastic changes in Federal labor relations. This author reaches a different conclusion than that of the original article.
A “last chance” agreement usually means that an employee will be fired if there is a similar problem in the future. When this Postal Service employee argued removal was inappropriate because of her long service record, the last chance agreement still carried the day and the employee remains a former federal employee.
An auditor with the Inspector General for DoD was fired after losing his security clearance. His removal was upheld by the MSPB but a federal court gives him a second shot at overturning his removal.
Over 75% of disciplinary and adverse action cases in the Federal service involve attendance related issues. If a supervisor or manager is going to deal with an employee problem, it is almost always going to have an attendance component. This article discusses what you can do to prepare yourself to resolve these problems.
Who is to blame for the recent surge in gas prices? Is the pricing change having an impact on your driving this summer? Here is a summary and a sample of the many comments and opinions sent in by FedSmith readers.
Where can you get answers to your retirement questions? Here are a few suggestions.
An information technology specialist filed appeals after he was fired for not properly filing federal tax returns for four years and not paying taxes on time for three of those years. The removal till stands.
Human resources and equal employment opportunity offices are often at odds. In this article, the author delves into the most common miscommunication between the two offices and how to address the problem.
The stock market continues to go back up and the recent returns from the TSP funds reflect this change of direction. All but one of the TSP funds are up again in May. Check out the returns for your TSP funds with our charts that display the monthly, year-to-date and 12-month returns for each fund.
