It is the rare employee who at some point in his or her career is not accused of some wrongdoing. It may be a subordinate employee who becomes disgruntled with a manager and decides to pick up the phone and make an anonymous allegation to an IG hotline or file an OSC whistleblower complaint. Or it could be an employee who didn’t get a promotion, or got a fully successful rather than a highly successful, or didn’t get a detail or job assignment that they wanted, or did get one that they didn’t want. In each instance the manager could be (and sometimes is) accused of discrimination, retaliation or creating a hostile work environment and is forced to defend his/her actions. FEDS provides you with quality legal counsel to defend employees accused of discrimination, retaliation, or sexual harassment by subordinate employees, under a federal EEO system that allows employees to accuse managers and other employees of discrimination with impunity and without any real proof or justification of wrongdoing.
February 16th, 2010
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Every week FEDmanager gives out the latest information you need to manage the nation's largest and most important workforce. From new laws and regulations to key court decisions FEDmanager delivers unfiltered news in an easy-to-read, straight forward format designed to help managers and other federal employees keep ahead of the rapidly changing federal workplace.
This Week in FEDmanager® (scroll to articles below if these quick links do not work in your email provider)
- Recruitment, Relocation, and Retention Incentives Program Needs "Urgent Attention," OPM Director Says
- FLRA Launches New and Improved Tool for Researching Decisions
- GSA to Offer Feds Healthier Food Choices, "Green" Cafeterias
- From the Hill - Senate Confirms Caryn Wagner As DHS Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis
- Educate Yourself - Federal employees can be sued for job related actions--learn under what circumstances and what to do if it happens to you!
- Case Law Update - NTSB Should Not Have Been Granted Summary Judgment In Sex Discrimination Case, D.C. Circuit Says
- Tip of The Week - EEO Deadlines are a Mixed Blessing for Managers
- This Week on FEDtalk - February 19, 2010
- Smile of the Week - Smile of the Week
- Leadership Reflection - Leadership Reflection
News Round Up
Recruitment, Relocation, and Retention Incentives Program Needs "Urgent Attention," OPM Director Says
The Recruitment, Relocation, and Retention Incentives Program needs "urgent attention," Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director John Berry says. In a memorandum to the Chief Human Capital Officers earlier this month, Berry called the "3Rs" "valuable compensation tools" that help agencies meet their most serious staffing challenges. However, he said, OPM needs to work with agencies to improve the administration ...
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FLRA Launches New and Improved Tool for Researching Decisions
The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) has launched a new and improved tool for researching Authority decisions. The new tool allows parties to search Authority decisions by citation - both page and issuance number - case number, arbitrator, parties, subject terms, and volume list. "The new search capability, which was designed with input from external and internal stakeholders, was developed to provide easier, ...
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GSA to Offer Feds Healthier Food Choices, "Green" Cafeterias
As part of the Administration's commitment to improve wellness among federal employees, the U.S. General Services Administration reports that it is offering healthier food choices to federal employees, and providing more sustainable, green cafeterias. The White House Offices of Management and Budget and Health Reform, working together with GSA, have created a new national template for food service requirements to pro ...
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From the Hill - Senate Confirms Caryn Wagner As DHS Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis
On Friday, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut) and Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-Maine) welcomed the confirmation of Caryn Wagner to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis at the Department of Homeland Security. The Committee held a hearing on Wagner's nomination on December 3, 2009. She was confirmed by the full Senate by unanimous consent. " ...
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Educate Yourself - Federal employees can be sued for job related actions--learn under what circumstances and what to do if it happens to you!
Join John Euler, Former Deputy Director, Torts Branch, Civil Division, DOJ for an interactive webinar... Personal Liability Litigation Against Federal EmployeesThis webinar will examine the risk of personal liability against federal employees, such as constitutional and state tort claims, federal statutory claims, and even criminal prosecutions with emphasis on constitutional tort (Bivens) claims against law enforcem ...
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Case Law Update - NTSB Should Not Have Been Granted Summary Judgment In Sex Discrimination Case, D.C. Circuit Says
A male employee working for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) who alleged, among other things, that he was denied a job because of his gender may not have missed the pertinent 45-day deadline for contacting an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Counselor, the D.C. Circuit determined. Accordingly, the lower court erred when it granted the NTSB summary judgment on the issue. In this case, the employee beg ...
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Tip of The Week - EEO Deadlines are a Mixed Blessing for Managers
This week's case law update, reinforces the notion of a very speedy deadline, i.e., 45 days for the initiation of an EEO complaint. While no federal manager enjoys having a subordinate file an EEO complaint, managers should be somewhat heartened by the existence of one of the shortest statutes of limitation in American jurisprudence for the start of the federal sector EEO process. Even private sector employees receiv ...
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This Week on FEDtalk - February 19, 2010
FLEOA president, Jon Adler, and Vice-President, Nate Catura, will join the attorneys of Shaw, Bransford & Roth to discuss the latest issues on FLEOA's agenda. The radio show airs this Friday, February 19, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time. Click here Friday to listen - www.federalnewsradio.com - or tune in to 1500 AM in the Washington, D.C. area.Join the conversation! Email your questions to fedtalk@federalnewsradio.c ...
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Smile of the Week - Smile of the Week
Teacher: "When George Washington was a boy, he chopped down his father's cherry tree. Does anyone know why his father didn't punish him... " Student: "Because he was still holding the ax..."
Leadership Reflection - Leadership Reflection
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.-Jesse Jackson.
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