Workforce Rights/Governance
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For our May 10th show, I interviewed Transportation Security Administration Chief Human Capital Officer Jason Nelson.
May 10, 2023 -
After telling their supervisors they were pregnant, CBP employees alleged that they were involuntarily forced into temporary light duty (TLD) status. The discrimination case has now won class certification.
May 04, 2023 -
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s latest guidance outlines promising practices for federal agencies to prevent and address harassment in the workplace.
May 03, 2023 -
At issue are the overseas COLAs the Pentagon uses to ensure military members are compensated fairly, regardless of their duty station.
May 03, 2023 -
Federal News Network’s exclusive survey of nearly 5,000 federal employees finds that most still prefer telework, but find more questions than answers from the latest guidance from the Office of Management and Budget.
April 29, 2023 -
Soldiers at a Fort Stewart innovation center design a device to detect temperature and humidity conditions that lead to mold.
April 28, 2023 -
Justice Department agency is failing at is own stated mission, but new leadership vows to correct things.
April 25, 2023 -
Federal agencies are warning that a deal by House Republicans to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for significant budget cuts would eliminate the jobs of tens of thousands of federal employees.
April 21, 2023 -
Many young people are confused about whether past marijuana use prevents them from getting a security clearance. And others say they wouldn't stop using to obtain a clearance.
April 20, 2023 -
Attorneys for a former letter carrier are telling the Supreme Court the Postal Service didn’t go far enough to accommodate his religious beliefs when it scheduled him to work Sundays.
April 18, 2023 -
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, known as USERRA, protects service members and veterans from discrimination because of their service. Now the Merit Systems Protection Board has clarified some of the rights under USERRA.
April 12, 2023 -
A persistent problem for the federal Bureau of Prisons is the rate at which former convicts come back. 45% of released inmates end up re-arrested within three years.
April 05, 2023 -
The Office of Personnel Management uses International Transgender Day of Visibility as an opportunity to update agency guidance to manage gender identity inclusion in the federal workplace.
March 31, 2023 -
Federal agencies "overwhelmingly" see a lack of trust from employees in agency leadership to come to the table in good faith when resolving workplace disputes, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found in its latest report.
March 29, 2023 -
Equal employment opportunity disputes still occur in federal agencies. People feel wrongly discriminated against or they really are discriminated against for the wrong reasons.
March 28, 2023