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Government Executive recently published an op-ed by Shareholders Nekeisha Campbell and Courtney Mickman.  The article, titled “Critics argue new federal workforce rules increase the risk...

In normal circumstances, your employer can charge you as absent without leave (AWOL) and discipline or fire you for not coming to work.  But what...

If you are a federal employee who received a bad performance review, you may feel lost with nowhere to go for help. Performance reviews are...

The rule implementing Schedule Policy/Career (Schedule P/C) will go into effect next week, on March 9, 2026.  Here’s what you need to know: What is...

Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, there were numerous media reports about employers firing or taking other disciplinary action against employees for making political comments...

On Inauguration Day, President Trump signed multiple executive orders (“EOs”) that affect federal government employees.  As expected, Trump reinstated Schedule F; suspended remote work; and...

Federal workers nervously anticipate massive changes in President-elect Donald Trump’s second term.  In October 2020, Trump signed an executive order creating Schedule F.  Schedule F is...

On September 9, 2021, President Biden imposed a federal vaccine mandate for U.S. government employees.  In his Executive Order, Biden ordered federal agencies to implement...