Recent articles in the New York times and the Federal News Network featured GEL clients who were subject to a RIF during the government shutdown. As discussed in the article, GEL has filed an appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board on behalf of these employees, arguing, in part, that the government’s action violates the continuing resolution that ended the government shutdown, and which included language addressing layoffs during the shutdown. In the New York Times article, Gilbert Employment Law Counsel Erik Snyder, who represents the impacted employees, discussed the appeal process.
Mr. Snyder was quoted by the Federal News Network as saying “We don’t think that they had a justifiable reason for doing the RIF in the first place. We think they followed none of the regulations for initiating the RIF. I think it was carried out in an arbitrary and capricious way. We don’t think any of it’s defensible.”
Read the New York Times article here.
Read the Federal News Network article here.
If you are a federal employee that has been impacted by a reduction in force, contact us to schedule an initial consultation.