Posts in January, 2010

Jan 30 MSPB: MSPB Whistleblower Decision breathes life back into Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA)

The new Full MSPB has released what appears to be a first step towards improving the protections for Federal employees who are ...

Jan 30 Federal Disability Retirement: OPM must consider the "whole" medical situation.

If someone told you that this was their list of medical conditions what would you think, as a layperson, of their chances for ...

Jan 19 Federal Disability Retirement: What types of accommodation should the Agency consider before certifying my application to OPM?

One of the requirements of a postal worker or federal employees federal disability retirement application is the supervisor ...

Jan 15 Federal Disability Retirement and MSPB: What is the "set-aside" rule?

The “set-aside” rule most commonly becomes an issue in the following scenario. Federal employees applying for federal disability ...

Jan 14 MSPB and Disability Discrimination: Agency's failure to accommodate a federal employee can be sufficient to establish potential involuntary resignation

A recent decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) reinforced a 2009 ruling that a Federal employee’s allegations are ...

Jan 12 Federal Disability Retirement: What does a postal worker or federal employee do when OPM says it will grant disability retirement but never does?

When OPM denies the federal employee or postal worker application for federal disability retirement, the applicant has the ...