No Job, No Disability Retirement Either
A former federal employee said the VA did not live up to the agreement when OPM disapproved her application for disability retirement.
A former federal employee said the VA did not live up to the agreement when OPM disapproved her application for disability retirement.
Supervisors and managers are selected for their understanding and ability of the work not of people nor because they possess supervisory skills. Managing leave in the federal environment would be a challenge for anyone. Here is how “flexibility” can look to a federal manager.
The job summary section should focus on summarizing the job to be filled–not descriptions of how the agency is saving the world. Agencies will ultimately suffer the consequences if well-qualified potential applicants spurn the opportunity to compete for federal jobs.
The federal job application process is encountering a “Perfect Storm” of events that may make it difficult to attract new talent.
An Interior Department employee who helped write a new grievance procedure was removed by a reduction in force (RIF). He ignored the new procedure he helped write and convinced a federal appeals court he had the right to appeal the RIF to the MSPB even though the law authorizing the agency’s alternative personnel system took away this right.
Checking an employee’s references can make the difference between hiring an employee who will be successful in your organization and hiring one who will not be successful. Here are tips for checking references to help make a good hiring decision.
The National Active and Retired Federal Employee’s Association (NARFE) favors plans to speed up the arrival of full annuity checks to new retirees but is concerned about the expansion of Health Savings Accounts.
Are the goals of a recent lawsuit filed by a federal union to improve the merit system or to prevent an agency from being able to bring in new employees from outside the agency?
Ethical standards of government emanate from the top. What leaders say and do and what they infer from their actions and decisions sets the ethical tone. A recent decision from the MSPB will do that. Unfortunately, it lowers the ethical bar for government.
The MSPB recently conducted focus groups around the country about fair and equitable treatment in the federal workplace. Now that we know there is a problem, what is the solution to the problem?