Restroom access case is costly to SSA...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on September 28, 2007 | Comments Off
By Melissa Harris | Baltimore Sun reporter A lot of people have done it - used the handicapped restroom stall at work when others were available. But the bad manners usually don’t cost an employer thousands of dollars. An administrative judge awarded a Social Security Administration employee who...
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Defense labor relations reforms waiting ...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on September 19, 2007 | Comments Off
By Brittany R. Ballenstedt Source: GovExec.com The Defense Department is holding off on implementing the labor relations portions of its new personnel system, at least until pending legislation that could affect the system is completed, a top personnel official said Tuesday. Mary Lacey, program executive...
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TSA DIRECTIVE IN VIOLATION OF EEOC REGUL...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on September 19, 2007 | Comments Off
 New policy doesn’t change need for collective bargaining, union argues (WASHINGTON)—As the only union to represent Transportation Security Administration workers since the agency’s inception, the American Federation of Government Employees is highly disappointed and appalled at a new TSA directive...
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Pay reform means smaller raises at DoD...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on September 14, 2007 | Comments Off
By TIM KAUFFMAN Source: Federal Times.com Many of the 110,000 Defense Department employees covered by the new performance-based pay system won’t be getting the raise they think they will in January. That’s because Defense Secretary Robert Gates has decided not to award them the same across-the-board,...
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Defense holds off on rolling out controv...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on September 13, 2007 | Comments Off
By TIM KAUFFMAN Source: FedTimes.com The Defense Department says it will not roll out new rules for handling disciplinary actions and labor-management disputes, as had been planned under the new National Security Personnel System (NSPS) — at least for now. Union leaders have been worried that the department...
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AFGE’S RECENT TSA COURT VICTORY, FIGHT...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on September 13, 2007 | Comments Off
WASHINGTON—The American Federation of Government Employees’ (AFGE) recent court victory in the AFGE v. Stone TSA case, as well as AFGE’s fight to block the Farm Bill, which would stop federal meat inspections, will be discussed this week AFGE’s radio program “Inside Government”. AFGE Assistant...
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AFGE SCORES MAJOR VICTORY IN CASE ON COU...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on September 5, 2007 | Comments Off
(WASHINGTON)—More than three years after the American Federation of Government Employees took the case of a Transportation Security Officer who was fired for union activity to the courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today reversed a district court ruling that it had no jurisdiction...
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Performance Management Looks Ahead While...

Posted by admin in News You Can Use on September 4, 2007 | Comments Off
With about 16 months left in office, the Bush administration is not giving up on pay for performance. And federal unions and many employees are not giving in to the administration. Union opposition has taken the wind out of the pay-for-performance project at the Department of Homeland Security, and...
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