Millions of Federal workers have received an email with the subject “Fork in the Road.” That is the same subject heading for a similar email sent to all Twitter employees after Elon Musk first purchased Twitter. This new version of “Fork in the Road” offers Federal workers an opportunity to work from home for eight

I previously wrote about the potential effect of Project 2025 on the private sector workforce here. But, what about the Federal workforce? Well, looking at the book’s discussion of the Federal workforce, we enter the bizarro world of right-wing politics.

Right off the bat, the book claims that today, Federal workers are not held

The recent government shutdown can have a profound impact on federal workers. Research by management experts shows that the threat of imminent uncertainty, such as furlough or layoff, can be just as stressful as the furlough or layoff itself. A management professor at West Chester University, Anthony Wheeler, says psychologically, they are the same, the

For federal employees, they have a different process to trial. A federal employee can file a verbal complaint with his/her local EEO office. The employee must make that initial contact within 45 days of the last act of discrimination. When that process is completed, the federal employee then has 15 days to submit a written

Federal employees have a wide range of options when they run into problems at work. One of those options is the Office of Special Counsel. OSC has the mandate to investigate fraud and violations of law. But they receive too many complaints and lack enough staff to investigate all those complaints. But, one San Antonio

In a recent decision, the Fifth Circuit addressed the difficult question regarding what level of reprisal is enough to constitute retaliation? In Cabral v. Brennan, 853 F.3d 763 (5th Cir. 2017), Javier Cabral worked for the U.S. Postal Service. He complained about discrimination several times. He was then placed on a two day suspension

Once Donald Trump assumes office, I expect we will have to re-visit many aspects of public life that we once took for granted. One of those aspects is the Hatch Axct. The Hatch Act was passed in 1939. It was passed to ensure that federal employees would not be forced to engage in political campaigns

Last week, a federal court jury found that Corpus Christi Army Depot discriminated against and retaliated against Muprhy Junaid during his employment at CCAD.  The federal court jury awarded $150,000 in lost wages and benefits and another $500,000 in emotional pain type damages.  Mr. Junaid complained about discrimination by CCAD and then suffered discipline for