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June 14, 2022
Q&A: Retaliation in the Federal Workplace
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
June 07, 2022
Can You Sue Your Federal Employer?
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
April 01, 2022
Were Federal Employees Illegally Denied COVID-19 Hazard Pay?
Category:
COVID-19
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Federal Employee Rights
April 01, 2022
Can Federal Employees Sue for Unpaid Wages?
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
February 01, 2022
Employees with Disabilities: Know Your Rights About COVID-19 Vaccinations
Category:
COVID-19
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Federal Employee Rights
January 21, 2022
How to Use the Federal Employee Administrative Grievance Process
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
January 04, 2022
COVID-19 Vaccines & Religious Exemptions
Category:
COVID-19
,
Federal Employee Rights
November 30, 2021
Can Federal Workers Get Fired for Refusing Vaccination?
Category:
COVID-19
,
Federal Employee Rights
November 10, 2021
Pines Federal wins FAA Employee Right to Display Chanukah Decorations along with Christmas Decorations
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
October 27, 2021
Federal Employee Rights When Faced with a Suspension
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
October 11, 2021
Federal Employee Rights Under the Douglas Factors
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
October 01, 2021
What Is the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB)?
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
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MSPB
August 24, 2021
Senator Bouchard Holds Press Conference to Hold Wyoming National Guard Accountable for Workplace Harassment
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
August 17, 2021
5 Workplace Behaviors Federal Employees Should Avoid
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
August 10, 2021
Vaccine Mandate for All Federal Workers
Category:
COVID-19
,
EEO Disability Disability Discrimination
,
Federal Employee Rights
,
In the News
,
Reasonable Accommodation
July 28, 2021
The VA’s Vaccine Mandate: What It Means for You as a Title 38 Medical Professional
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
,
V.A.
July 21, 2021
What is a Hostile Work Environment?
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
July 08, 2021
Employers Can Now Make COVID-19 Vaccines Mandatory
Category:
COVID-19
,
Federal Employee Rights
July 06, 2021
Biden Restores Clean Record Settlements Agreements
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
,
In the News
May 10, 2021
Which Disabilities Qualify for Reasonable Accommodations?
Category:
EEO Disability Disability Discrimination
,
Federal Employee Rights
,
Reasonable Accommodation
April 07, 2021
What is an Undue Hardship Under the ADAAA & Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
Category:
EEO Disability Disability Discrimination
,
Federal Employee Rights
,
Reasonable Accommodation
March 11, 2021
Free Speech Rights of Federal Employees & Social Media
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
February 15, 2021
Biden Signs Executive Order to Protect Federal Employees
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
February 05, 2021
How Long Does the OPM Disability Process Take?
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
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OPM Disability Retirement
February 05, 2021
EEOC Mediation Process
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
January 27, 2021
About Federal Employee Investigations
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
January 12, 2021
When Does a Reasonable Accommodation Become an Undue Hardship?
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
,
Reasonable Accommodation
December 15, 2020
Your COVID-19 Rights as a Federal Employee
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
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Leave
December 02, 2020
Your Rights as a Federal Employee When Furloughed
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
November 20, 2020
Trump Administration Violated Law, Must Hire Back Fired VA Workers
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
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V.A.
November 05, 2020
Can I Work While on FERS Disability?
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
,
FERS Disability
November 02, 2020
Civil Service Executive Order Prompts Federal Employee Union to Sue Trump Administration
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
October 28, 2020
Are You a Federal Employee? Put Your Politics Aside.
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
October 19, 2020
Can Federal Employees Use the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
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Leave
October 06, 2020
How to Prove EEO Disability Discrimination
Category:
Disabled Government Employees
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EEO Disability Disability Discrimination
,
Federal Employee Rights
October 06, 2020
Who Is Eligible for OPM Disability Retirement?
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
,
OPM Disability Retirement
September 02, 2020
Does a Reduced Work Schedule Qualify as a Reasonable Accommodation?
Category:
Disabled Government Employees
,
Federal Employee Rights
,
Reasonable Accommodation
August 05, 2020
What Federal Employees Can Do If Their Reasonable Accommodation Request Is Denied
Category:
Disabled Government Employees
,
Federal Employee Rights
,
Reasonable Accommodation
July 17, 2020
Fed. Workers Can Express Support for Black Lives Matter, Watchdog Says
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
July 02, 2020
How Can a Disabled Federal Employee File a Reasonable Accommodation?
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
,
Reasonable Accommodation
July 02, 2020
Everything You Need to Know: Federal Reasonable Accommodation
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
,
Reasonable Accommodation
June 04, 2020
COVID-19: ADA Employer Testing
Category:
Disabled Government Employees
,
Federal Employee Rights
May 11, 2020
Appeals Court Upholds VA Employee’s Removal Despite Whistleblower Claims
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
,
V.A.
May 07, 2020
Does the ADA Require Employers to Send Workers With COVID-19 Symptoms Home?
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
,
FERS Disability
April 14, 2020
Can ADA-Covered Employers Request Medical Information Due to COVID-19?
Category:
Disabled Government Employees
,
Federal Employee Rights
,
Reasonable Accommodation
April 09, 2020
COVID-19 & Federal ADA Employees: Everything You Should Know
Category:
Disabled Government Employees
,
Federal Employee Rights
March 12, 2020
In the Age of COVID-19, Do All Federal Employees Get Hazard Pay?
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
,
V.A.
September 24, 2019
How a Harassment Claim Upheld One Federal Worker's Disability Rights
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
May 07, 2019
Frightening New Union Contract Proposed by VA Would Gut Telework, Official Time, & Employee Rights
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
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V.A.
September 06, 2018
What is the Bruner Presumption and how does it help me?
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
August 29, 2018
Weingarten Rights for Federal Employees May Now Be Even Easier to Exercise
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
August 16, 2018
Pines Federal Successfully gets V.A. Physician Reinstated to His Position at Title 38 DAB Hearing
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
December 21, 2017
What You Need to Know About the Federal Sector's EEO Complaint Process
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
December 18, 2017
How to File an OSC Complaint
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
June 15, 2017
Need An Attorney?
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
,
OPM Disability Retirement
,
Social Security Disability
May 18, 2017
Knowing Your Rights in a Retaliation Case
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
November 30, 2016
Qualifying for OPM Disability Retirement
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
,
OPM Disability Retirement
November 23, 2016
Denied OPM Disability Retirement? Here's What You Should Do
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
,
OPM Disability Retirement
November 18, 2016
EEOC's Fiscal Year 2016 Performance Report
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
November 16, 2016
Mental Disorders without Objective Medical Evidence
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
,
OPM Disability Retirement
September 09, 2010
MSPB: Can an Agency remove me for medical inability to do my job?
Category:
Federal Employee Rights
,
MSPB
