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- TSA Obtains MSPB Rights
- Biden Signs Executive Order Requiring Vaccines for All Federal Workers
- Defense Chief Hesitates to Ban Defense Unions under Trump Memo
- White House Moves to End Defense Unions
- 5 Mistakes Employers Make in EEO Cases (And How Your EEO Attorney Can Use Them to Help You)
- A Quickstart Guide to the OWCP and Federal Workers’ Comp Claims
- The FERS Disability Victory Files!
- FERS Disability for a Primary Patent Examiner
- FERS Disability Obtained for a Contract Specialist
- FERS Disability for Health Manager
- Benefits Obtained for IRS Agent
- SHIFTING AT ECAB
- FERS Disability Obtained for Rural Mail Carrier
- FERS Disability for Vocational Rehab Specialist
- SCHEDULE AWARDS FROM OWCP: AN INTRODUCTION
- FERS Disability Victory for a Customer Service Supervisor
- VETERANS BENEFITS AND FEDERAL WORKERS COMPENSATION
- Understanding the OPM Disability Retirement Process: Who are the Best Candidates for Claims?
- GETTING CONDITIONS ADDED TO AN OWCP CLAIM
- GAMES APPELLATE REVIEWERS PLAY: HOW TO WIN YOUR RECONSIDERATION!
- OPM Disability Retirement – FMLA and/or Sick Leave or Tough it Out?
- OWCP RELATED: MANAGERIAL HEADACHES 2: OTHER ACHES (ORTHOPEDIC)
- Despite Common Thought OWCP Workers Compensation Occupational Disease are More Common than Traumatic Injuries
- Q: Will OWCP pay my legal fees? Do you represent employees on a fee contingent basis?
- VETERANS ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEE SUCCESSFULLY FIGHTS ALLEGED VIOLATION OF LAST CHANCE AGREEMENT AND GETS REINSTATEMENT
- Our Latest Five OPM Disability Acceptance Clients – 5 Clients Accepted!
- Federal EEO, MSPB, SSDI, OPM Disability and OWCP Interplay
- Whether a Federal Employee is Providing Useful and Efficient Service, that is the Question!
- V.A. Title 38 Nurse Has AIB Charges Dropped and Record Cleaned!
- The Trials and Tribulations of the Federal EEO Process and Finding Someone to Give You an Honest Assessment
- What is Standard Form 3107-Schedule D?
- What is Standard Form 3107-1?
- What is Standard Form 3107?
- HELP! My Doctor is Taking FOREVER to Complete SF 3112C!
- FMLA Leave and EEO Issues
- The Role of the Supervisor Statement in an Application for Federal Disability Retirement
- The Law Offices of Eric L. Pines, PLLC Wins Reconsideration Appeal for Client Suffering from Severe Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arth
- The Types of Damages Available in a Federal Discrimination Case
- Houston VA Nurse Tech Gets Her 7 Day Suspension Removed, Over $10,000 Back Pay and Attorney Fees
- Federal Disability Retirement and SSDI or Social Security Case Law Changes
- Obesity Can Be Grounds for Disability Retirement
- Win! Pines Federal Firm (The Law Offices of Eric L. Pines, PLLC) Overturns DAB – 14 Day Suspension with Full Back Pay
- Part VII – Reasonable Accommodation and its Interplay with OPM Disability The Rehabilitation Act/ ADA
- Wrongfully Terminated Veterans Administration Employee Gets Job Back
- MSPB & EEOC: What are Requests for Interrogatory and how does the Federal Employee use them in discovery?
- Pines Firm Successfully Litigates Reinstatement for VA Canteen Employee with Backpay
- 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?
- 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?
- Federal Disability Retirement: The collective effect of multiple medical conditions on a the federal employee or postal worker a
- 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: 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: OPM and OWCP Benefits
- EEOC: Basic Elements of a Reprisal Claim for Federal Employees
- MSPB: Elements of a Charge of Failure to Follow Leave Procedures
- MSPB: Enforcement of Settlement Agreements made during an MSPB Appeal
- MSPB & EEOC: What are Requests for Production and how can the Federal Employee use them in MSPB or EEOC discovery?
- MSPB: How the credibility of witnesses can affect your MSPB appeal.
- This post is part of a continuing series describing the general discovery tools available to Federal Employees who are Appellant
- MSPB & EEOC: What are Requests for Admission and how does the Federal Employee use them in discovery?
- MSPB: Federal Employee Firefighters and Retirement Credit for firefighting positions
- MSPB & EEOC: What is Discovery and How can the Federal Employee use it?
- MSPB: Probationary Federal Employees, Appeal Rights, and “Tacking”
- Fed. Circuit: MSPB must give considerable weight to Mental Health conditions as mitigating factor.
- MSPB: Removals for “Excessive Use of Leave”
- Federal Employees: Will the ADA Amendments Act affect OPM Disability Retirement claims?
- MSPB & EEOC Damages: What Damages are available for discrimination claims?
- MSPB: What is the VEOA (Veterans Employment Opportunity Act)?
- Federal Disability Retirement: I’ve been approved for Social Security disability, but denied Disability retirement – what next?
- Federal Disability Retirement: Administrative Judge reduces OPM schedule for repayment of overpaid disability retirement benefit
- MSPB: Full Board reverses removal of Dept. of Veterans Affairs employee
- MSPB: Settlement Agreement in Constructive Retirement Case
- MSPB: What is the Whistleblower Protection Act?
- MSPB and EEO: Burdens of Proof
- MSPB and EEO: What is a “mixed case”?
- MSPB: Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave.
- Federal Employee EEOC: Third-party and Bystander Sexual harassment.
- MSPB: What is a constructive suspension and can it be appealed to the MSPB?
- Federal EEO: EEOC Awards USPS employee $8,000 in failure to accommodate case
- MSPB: 3 Major Orders from your MSPB Judge
- MSPB: What does it mean for the MSPB to lack jurisdiction over your appeal?
- 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/CSRS Disability Retirement: Step 2
- Federal Disability Retirement: 5 Steps to Prove Eligibility for FERS Disability Retirement: Step 1
- 10 Ways to Lose an MSPB Appeal: Don’t use a theme.
- 10 Ways to Lose an MSPB Appeal: Fail to submit relevant documents prior to the hearing.
- Federal Disability Retirement: 5 Steps to Prove Eligibility for FERS disability retirement.
- 10 Ways to Lose an MSPB Appeal: Don’t give an Oral Reply.
- How to lose your MSPB Appeal: Use the hearing as a tool for revenge.
- 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.
- MSPB Charge: Burden of Proof in charges of Falsification.
- MSPB’s Mediation Assistance Program
- 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?
- MSPB: What is “Harmful Error”?
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- Category: In the News
- Category: Leave
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- Category: Reasonable Accommodation
- Category: Sick Building Syndrome
- Category: Social Security Disability
- Category: Title 38
- Category: V.A.