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  • TSA Obtains MSPB Rights
  • Biden Signs Executive Order Requiring Vaccines for All Federal Workers
  • V.A. Whistleblower and Client of Firm Gets National Attention
  • Whether a Federal Employee is Providing Useful and Efficient Service, that is the Question!
  • How Long Should An Application for Federal Disability Retirement Take?
  • Federal Disability Retirement and SSDI or Social Security Case Law Changes
• Category: COVID-19
  • Can My Employer Ask If I Have COVID-19 Symptoms?
  • Were Federal Employees Illegally Denied COVID-19 Hazard Pay?
  • Employees with Disabilities: Know Your Rights About COVID-19 Vaccinations
  • COVID-19 Vaccines & Religious Exemptions
  • Can Federal Workers Get Fired for Refusing Vaccination?
  • Vaccine Mandate for All Federal Workers
  • Employers Can Now Make COVID-19 Vaccines Mandatory
• Category: Disabled Government Employees
  • What Federal Employees Can Do If Their Reasonable Accommodation Request Is Denied
  • FMLA vs. ADA Rights for Federal Employees
  • Does a Reduced Work Schedule Qualify as a Reasonable Accommodation?
  • How to Prove EEO Disability Discrimination
  • COVID-19: ADA Employer Testing
  • Can ADA-Covered Employers Request Medical Information Due to COVID-19?
  • COVID-19 & Federal ADA Employees: Everything You Should Know
  • Accommodation for Disabled Government Employees
• Category: EEO Disability Disability Discrimination
  • Four Tips to Win an EEOC Complaint for Federal Employees
  • EEOC Says Employers Can Require Workers to be Vaccinated
  • Which Disabilities Qualify for Reasonable Accommodations?
  • EEOC Updates Guidance As the COVID-19 Vaccine Become Available
  • What is an Undue Hardship Under the ADAAA/Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
  • Can Federal Workers Use Marijuana After Legalization?
• Category: Federal Employee Rights
  • PSA for Federal Employees Facing Lack of Candor Charges
  • PTSD Reasonable Accommodations for Federal Employees
  • Anxiety Reasonable Accommodations for Federal Employees
  • MSPB: Can an Agency Remove Me for Medical Inability to Do My Job?
  • What Does Conduct Unbecoming Mean for Federal Employees?
  • Disciplinary Appeals Board (DAB) Process for VA Employees
  • Clean Record Agreements Make a Comeback for Federal Employees
  • What Is the FERS/OPM Disability Retirement Processing Time?
  • Federal Employee Disciplinary Actions: Protect Your Rights
  • Examples of Retaliation in the Federal Workplace
  • How the Douglas Factors Can Protect Federal Employees
  • Biden Administration Updating Unvaccinated Federal Employee Testing Requirements
  • Veterans Affairs (VA) PIP Settlement Overview
  • Suspensions | Federal Employee Rights
  • Can You Sue Your Federal Employer?
  • Can Federal Employees Sue for Unpaid Wages?
  • The Federal Employee Administrative Grievance Process
  • Pines Federal wins FAA Employee Right to Display Chanukah Decorations along with Christmas Decorations
  • What Is the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB)?
  • What Happens to Workers Who Don’t Comply with the Federal Vaccine Mandate?
  • National Guard Press Conference| Workplace Harassment
  • 5 Workplace Behaviors Federal Employees Should Avoid
  • The VA’s Vaccine Mandate: What It Means for You as a Title 38 Medical Professional
  • Biden Restores Clean Record Settlements Agreements
  • Free Speech Rights of Federal Employees & Social Media
  • Biden Signs Executive Order to Protect Federal Employees
  • EEOC’s Mediation Process
  • About Federal Employee Investigations
  • When Does a Reasonable Accommodation Become an Undue Hardship?
  • Frequently Asked Questions about Federal Employees and COVID-19
  • Understanding the Rights of Furloughed Federal Employees
  • FLRA Rules Against Trump, Orders Rehiring of Fired VA Employees
  • Civil Service Executive Order Prompts Federal Employee Union to Sue Trump Administration
  • Are You a Federal Employee? Put Your Politics Aside.
  • How Federal Employees Can Use the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
  • Who Is Eligible for OPM Disability Retirement?
  • Watchdog: Expressing Support for Black Lives Matter Not Unlawful for Fed. Employees
  • How Can a Disabled Federal Employee File a Reasonable Accommodation?
  • Appeals Court Upholds VA Employee’s Removal Despite Whistleblower Claims
  • Does the ADA Require Employers to Send Workers With COVID-19 Symptoms Home?
  • In the Age of COVID-19, Do All Federal Employees Get Hazard Pay?
  • Harassment & Federal Worker’s Disability Rights
  • New Union Contract Would Gut Telework, Official Time, & Employee Rights
  • What is the Bruner Presumption and how does it help me?
  • Weingarten Rights for Federal Employees May Now Be Even Easier to Exercise
  • Title 38 – DAB Hearing
  • OSC Complaints | Houston Federal Employment Lawyers
  • Workers’ Retaliation Rights | Federal Employment Attorney
  • What to Look for in a Federal Employment Lawyer | Houston Federal Employee Attorney
  • Denied OPM Disability Retirement? | (The Law Offices of Eric L. Pines, PLLC
  • EEOC’s Fiscal Year 2016 Performance Report
  • OPM Disability Retirement for Those with Mental Health Disorders
• Category: FEHB
  • Am I eligible for FEHB Coverage Once I am approved for OPM Disability Retirement?
• Category: FERS
  • Q&A: OPM Disability Retirement vs. Social Security Disability
  • Federal Retirement Cuts | Federal Employee Attorney Houston
• Category: FERS Disability
  • How to Apply for FERS Disability Retirement
  • Calculating FERS Disability Retirement Pay for Federal Employees
  • Can I Work While on FERS Disability?
• Category: Hybrid Title 38
  • Title 38 vs. Hybrid 38: What’s the Difference?
• Category: In the News
  • Eric Pines to Play in Hockey Tournament to Raise Funds for Cancer Charity
  • In Memoriam of Robert R. McGill
  • How to Systemize Business Deliverables
  • Latest News on AFGE Local 4060 / FEMA Settlement
  • Federal Employee Pay Increase Goes into Effect for 2022
  • Pines Federal Named Among 2021 Best of Georgia Winners
  • VA Nurses Secure $160M Settlement in Overtime Class-Action Lawsuit
  • Biden Issues Order to Restrict Noncompete Agreements
• Category: Leave
  • New Emergency Paid Leave Program
  • Requesting Leave & Reasonable Accommodation
• Category: MSPB
  • How to File and Win an MSPB Appeal
  • What Is an MSPB Appeal?
  • The MSPB Approves Two Nominees To Its Central Panel
  • Final MSPB Nomination | Federal Employee Attorneys in Houston
• Category: OPM Disability Retirement
  • Federal Disability Retirement: Can I Get Disability Retirement With a Mental Health Condition?
  • What Happens If OPM Denies My Federal Disability Retirement Application?
  • A Lucrative Benefit of Federal Employee Disability Retirement
  • OPM Says Table of Penalties May Be Harmful
  • OPM Director Alerts Agencies of Trump’s Executive Orders
  • Do I need to request Reasonable Accommodation if I want OPM Disability Retirement?
  • Listing Diagnoses in the OPM Disability Retirement Application
  • LWOP, Back Pay and Federal OPM Disability Retirement
• Category: Reasonable Accommodation
  • 5 Common Types of Reasonable Accommodations
  • Work from Home & Reasonable Accommodation
  • EEOC Updates Religious Discrimination Policies
  • How Teleworking Can Be a Reasonable Accommodation
  • How Federal Employees Can Navigate Sick Building Syndrome
• Category: Sick Building Syndrome
  • Chemical Sensitivities and Federal Employees (Sick Building Syndrome)
• Category: Social Security Disability
  • Reasons Disability Claims are Denied | Houston Disability Attorney
• Category: Title 38
  • Wrongful Termination Laws Protecting Title 38 Employees
• Category: V.A.
  • What Is it Like to Work for the VA?
  • No Retroactive VA “Accountability” for the Third Time
  • Inspector General Says VA is Failing to Protect Whistleblowers
  • Trump’s VA Law Under Fire After Hawkins’ Case Decision