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2021
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July
- The VA’s Vaccine Mandate: What It Means for You as a Title 38 Medical Professional
- What is a Hostile Work Environment?
- Biden Issues Executive Order to Restrict Noncompete Agreements
- Employers Can Now Make COVID-19 Vaccines Mandatory
- Title 38 vs. Hybrid 38: What’s the Difference?
- Biden Restores Clean Record Settlements Agreements
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2020
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November
- Trump Administration Violated Law, Must Hire Back Fired VA Workers
- Is Teleworking Considered a Reasonable Accommodation?
- What Gets Counted in the OPM Disability Earnings Test?
- A Unique Benefit of Federal Employee Disability Retirement
- Can I Work While on FERS Disability?
- Civil Service Executive Order Prompts Federal Employee Union to Sue Trump Administration
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April
- Federal Doctor Says He Was Removed from Post for Questioning Effectiveness of Hydroxychloroquine
- Can ADA-Covered Employers Request Medical Information Due to COVID-19?
- COVID-19 & Federal ADA Employees: Everything You Should Know
- U.S. Court of Appeals Curbs Draconian Interpretation of VA Accountability & Whistleblower Protection Act
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August
- Weingarten Rights for Federal Employees May Now Be Even Easier to Exercise
- Chemical Sensitivities and Federal Employees (Sick Building Syndrome)
- Pines Federal Successfully gets V.A. Physician Reinstated to His Position at Title 38 DAB Hearing
- Am I Eligible for FEHB Coverage Once I am approved for OPM Disability Retirement?
- Why does the OPM Disability Application process take so long?
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2016
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June
- What is a "Qualified" Federal Employee for a Disability Reasonable Accommodation Request?
- Reasonable Accommodation and the Federal Employee
- How Much Money Does my Federal Agency Have to Spend to Accommodate My Disability?
- When Applying for OPM Disability Retirement - Stress the Symptoms!
- More Medical Evidence=Better Chance for OPM Disability Acceptance. True or False?
- Stretching the Bruner Presumption
- How Will Accepting a Light Duty Offer Affect My OPM Disability Retirement Application?
- Can I work in a private sector job while I am on OPM Disability?
- Leave Without Pay and Back Pay: What to Know About This Dynamic
- How long does your OPM Disability process take? How long does OPM take?
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May
- Can I be on OPM Disability Retirement and OWCP at the same time?
- For how long do I have to be unable to work in my position to get OPM?
- Help, I am Filing for Federal Disability Retirement and My Supervisor Will Not Help!
- What if I am denied OPM? What are my next steps?
- Why is the Physician's Statement so Important?
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2014
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December
- GAMES APPELLATE REVIEWERS PLAY: HOW TO WIN YOUR RECONSIDERATION!
- From The OPM Disability Victory Files!
- From The OPM Disability Victory Files!
- V.A. Title 38 Doctors and Nurses Need Special Legal Protection
- What is the Bruner Presumption and How Can it Help You Get Federal Disability Retirement
- What's Special About our Firm's FERS and CSRS OPM Disability Representation
- The Federal Employees Guide to Protecting Your Employment While Out of Work for an Extended Illness
- From The OPM Disability Victory Files!
- Reasonable Accommodation vs. OPM Disability
- FMLA Strategies for Federal Employees - Part IV
- Excessive Leave vs. Medical Inability to Perform
- Federal Removal Charges: Excessive Leave vs. Medical Inability to Perform
- From The OPM Disability Victory Files!
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2013
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September
- What is Standard Form 3107-Schedule D?
- What is Standard Form 3112A?
- What is Standard Form 3107-1?
- What is Standard Form 3107?
- What forms do I need to submit to OPM in order to apply for FERS disability retirement?
- Am I required to apply for Social Security Disability?
- How much will you charge to prepare my application for FERS (or CSRS) disability retirement?
- How long will it take OPM to process my CSRS or FERS disability application?
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March
- The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Should Consider a Number of Factors When Considering Disability Retirement
- Pines Federal Wins Reconsideration Appeal for Client Suffering from Severe Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
- Houston VA Nurse Tech Gets Her 7 Day Suspension Removed, Over $10,000 Back Pay and Attorney Fees
- The Types of Damages Available in a Federal Discrimination Case
- Reasonable Accommodation Does Not Apply to Looking After a Disabled Spouse
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2012
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July
- Will the federal government compensate me if I am "forced" into disability retirement as a result of a hostile work environment?
- Part VII - Reasonable Accommodation and its Interplay with OPM Disability The Rehabilitation Act/ ADA
- Win! Pines Federal Firm (Pines Federal ) Overturns DAB - 14 Day Suspension with Full Back Pay
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2010
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March
- Federal and Postal Employee Disability Retirement: Can the MSPB order OPM to reimburse my attorney fees?
- Federal Disability Retirement: Mental Health Conditions and late-filed Disability Retirement Applications
- Federal Disability Retirement: What happens when your medical condition prevents you from timely filing an MSPB appeal for disab
- Federal Disability Retirement: Can absence, alone, be enough to qualify a Postal or Federal Employee for CSRS or FERS disability
- Federal Disability Retirement: How does a Postal or Federal Employee meet their burden of proof at the MSPB?
- Federal Disability Retirement: Do I need to hire an attorney for my disability retirement application?
- Federal Disability Retirement: Seeking Reinstatement of Benefits
- Disability Retirement: Can obesity form the basis for an application for disability retirement?
- February
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January
- Federal Disability Retirement: OPM must consider the "whole" medical situation.
- MSPB: MSPB Whistleblower Decision breathes life back into Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA)
- Federal Disability Retirement: What types of accommodation should the Agency consider before certifying my application to OPM?
- Federal Disability Retirement and MSPB: What is the "set-aside" rule?
- MSPB and Disability Discrimination: Agency's failure to accommodate a federal employee can be sufficient to establish potential
- Federal Disability Retirement: What does a postal worker or federal employee do when OPM says it will grant disability retiremen
- Federal Disability Retirement: Where can a federal employee or postal worker research OPM decisions on disability retirement?
- Federal Disability Retirement: The collective effect of multiple medical conditions on a the federal employee or postal worker a
- Federal Disability Retirement: Can a postal worker or federal employee file a second application for disability retirement?
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2009
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December
- Federal Disability Retirement: Important timelines in the Federal Disability Retirement Application and Appeal Process
- Federal Disability Retirement: Why we don't use the Medical Authorization on SF-3112C
- Federal Disability Retirement: Can I get disability retirement with a mental health condition?
- Federal Disability Retirement: Going back to work for the Feds and collecting your CSRS or FERS retirement annuity.
- Federal Disability Retirement: Where do I find a doctor to support my application for disability retirement?
- Federal Disability Retirement: I can't get my supervisor statement - what do I do?
- Federal Disability Retirement: Is the MSPB the end of the line?
- Federal Disability Retirement: What does and does not constitute accommodation by the employing Agency?
- Federal Disability Retirement: OPM and OWCP Benefits
- Federal Disability Retirement: Can work-related stress be the basis for a disability retirement application?
- Federal Disability Retirement: If I am denied Disability Retirement by OPM, can I refile?
- Federal Disability Retirement: Can I still apply for disability retirement if I miss the deadline to file?
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November
- Federal Disability Retirement: Bruner presumption is not a "guarantee".
- MSPB: Leave Based Adverse Actions against the Federal Employee
- MSPB: Elements of a Charge of Failure to Follow Leave Procedures
- EEOC: Basic Elements of a Reprisal Claim for Federal Employees
- MSPB: Charges of AWOL (Absent Without Leave)
- MSPB: Enforcement of Settlement Agreements made during an MSPB Appeal
- MSPB: Due Process in Adverse Action Appeals to the Merit Systems Protection Board
- MSPB & EEOC: What are Requests for Production and how can the Federal Employee use them in MSPB or EEOC discovery?
- October
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September
- MSPB & EEOC: What is Discovery and How can the Federal Employee use it?
- MSPB: Federal Employee Firefighters and Retirement Credit for firefighting positions
- MSPB: Probationary Federal Employees, Appeal Rights, and "Tacking"
- Fed. Circuit: MSPB must give considerable weight to Mental Health conditions as mitigating factor.
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December
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2007
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August
- MSPB: 3 Major Orders from your MSPB Judge
- MSPB: What does it mean for the MSPB to lack jurisdiction over your appeal?
- OPM Retirement and Powers of Attorney
- Telecommuting for Federal Employees: An idea whose time is here.
- Congress looking at more Family Friendly workplace.
- Federal Disability Retirement: Bruner Presumption
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June
- Federal Disability Retirement: 5 Steps to Prove Eligibility for FERS Disability Retirement, Step 5
- Federal Disability Retirement: 5 Steps to Prove Eligibility for FERS Disability Retirement: Step 4.
- Federal Disability Retirement: 5 Steps to Prove Eligibility for FERS Disability Retirement: Step 3
- Federal Disability Retirement: 5 Steps to Prove Eligibility for FERS/CSRS Disability Retirement: Step 2
- Federal Disability Retirement: 5 Steps to Prove Eligibility for FERS Disability Retirement: Step 1
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May
- 10 Ways to Lose an MSPB Appeal: Don't use a theme.
- Federal Disability Retirement: 5 Steps to Prove Eligibility for FERS disability retirement.
- 10 Ways to Lose an MSPB Appeal: Fail to submit relevant documents prior to the hearing.
- 10 Ways to Lose an MSPB Appeal: Don't give an Oral Reply.
- Fed Circuit: Indefinite Suspension can't go on forever.
- How to lose your MSPB Appeal: Use the hearing as a tool for revenge.
- Some examples of Material Relied On in adverse actions
- 10 Ways to Lose an MSPB Appeal: Ignore a reasonable settlement offer.
- How to lose an MSPB appeal: attack Agency witness as liars.
- How to lose an MSPB Appeal: Don't File your appeal on time.
- How to Lose an MSPB Appeal: Don't request the Material Relied On.
- 10 Ways to Lose an MSPB Appeal.
- Here's a link with helpful information about MSPB misuse of credit card charges.
- The oral reply - the most important part of your MSPB appeal.
- MSPB Charge: Burden of Proof in charges of Falsification.
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March
- MSPB: Can the appellant recover attorney fees?
- MSPB: Credit Card Misuse Charges
- Federal Employees: Can management tell your co-workers you have a disability?
- Federal Circuit: USPS Breached Settlement Agreement with Former Employee
- MSPB and EEOC: Can the Agency make a Federal employee take leave indefinitely?
- Deciding Official in MSPB removal case fails to consider Douglas factors.
- MSPB: What is the charge "Failure to follow instructions"?
- MSPB: What is "Harmful Error"?
- MSPB: Who can appeal to the MSPB?
- MSPB: Burden of proof in performance actions.
- MSPB: Understanding the MSPB Appeal Process
- MSPB: What is the difference between an "Adverse Action" and a "Disciplinary Action"?
- MSPB: What are the Douglas Factors?
- MSPB: Burden of proof in charges of misconduct.
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