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Earlier this week, President Trump signed an executive order converting approximately 10,000 career federal employee to Schedule Policy/Career (“Schedule P/C”).  As a result, these employees...

Alan Lescht and Associates, P.C., is proud to announce that Managing Shareholder Alan Lescht and Shareholder Ari Wilkenfeld were selected by Super Lawyers’ Top Employment...

Alan Lescht and Associates, P.C., is pleased to welcome Associate Attorney Caroline Perris. Prior to joining the firm, Caroline served as a Law Clerk to...

Alan Lescht and Associates, P.C., is pleased to welcome Senior Counsel Jenny Knopinski to the firm.  Jenny is a seasoned employment attorney with substantial experience...

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...

Politico recently quoted Senior Counsel Katherine Lease in an article about proposed changes to federal employee performance assessments.  The article, titled “Trump admin advances performance...