EEOC Requests to Rescind Harassment Enforcement Guidance Without Notice and Comment Rulemaking
On December 29, 2025, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a request (RIN 3046-ZA03) with the ...
USPS Postmark Rule Changes and Effects on Federal Employee Filing Deadlines
On December 24, 2025, a final rule previously issued by the Postal Service took effect which changed the mechanics ...
OPM Proposed Rule on Probationer Appeals
On December 30, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register. ...
RPL and Restoration Rights: Competitive Service Federal Employees Fully Recovered from Workplace Injuries
Competitive service federal employees who have fully recovered from workplace injuries are entitled to ...
OSC Updates Hatch Act Advisory Opinion
On December 22, 2025, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) issued an update to its April 2025 Hatch Act ...
PRL and Restoration Rights: Excepted Service Federal Employees Fully Recovered from Workplace Injuries
Excepted service federal employees who have fully recovered from workplace injuries are entitled to ...
Restoration Rights: Federal Employees Partially Recovered from Workplace Injuries
Federal employees who have partially recovered from workplace injuries have certain possible avenues to ...
New EEOC Issuance on National Origin Discrimination
On November 20, 2025, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a new technical assistance ...
Department of Defense Policy Changes on Civilian Performance-Based Removals
On September 30, 2025, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Anthony Tata (signing as ‘Under ...
Department of Defense Issues Memoranda Affecting Civilian Workforce Policies
On September 30, 2025, in conjunction with a meeting with senior military leadership, Defense Secretary Hegseth ...
ICTAP/CTAP Reemployment Rights in Reductions in Force (RIFs) and Management Directed Reassignments (MDRs)
Employees who are subject to a Reduction in Force (RIF) are entitled to several priority placement programs, ...
Retaining Federal Employee Long Term Care Insurance Post-Separation
With the substantial number of federal employees being subjected to reductions in force (RIFs), taking early ...
RPL Reemployment Rights for RIFed Employees
Employees who are subject to a Reduction in Force (RIF) are entitled to several priority placement programs, ...
GEL Senior Associate, Marlene Laimeche, Quoted in NPR Regarding Mass Firings of DHS Oversight Employees
Hundreds of Department of Homeland Security employees working in oversight positions have been terminated. The ...
GEL Partner, Kevin Owen, Quoted in The New York Times and Federal News Network Regarding Trump Administration Hatch Act Violations During Government Shutdown
The websites of several federal agencies displayed partisan messages during the government shutdown. GEL Partner ...
GEL Partner, Kevin Owen, Quoted in The Washington Post and The New York Times and Featured on BBC News Discussing the Impact of the Government Shutdown on Federal Employees
GEL Partner, Kevin Owen, discussed the impact on the government shutdown on federal employees with various news ...
Notice for HHS Employees Separated by Reduction-in-Force on July 14, 2025, Regarding their MSPB Appeal Rights
On June 27, 2025, Gilbert Employment Law, P.C. filed a class appeal with the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) ...
OPM Employees Separated by RIF Prior to June 16, 2025, Must File MSPB Appeal by July 21, 2025
On May 8, 2025, Gilbert Employment Law, P.C. filed a class appeal with the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) ...
DHS Employees Separated by RIF Prior to June 12, 2025, Must File MSPB Appeal by July 17, 2025
On May 23, 2025, Gilbert Employment Law, P.C. filed a class appeal with the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) ...
Department of Energy Probationary Class Appeal Update
Following our request for a class appeal on the administration’s mass termination of probationary employees ...
Former Employees of DHS Oversight Offices File Class Appeal With MSPB
On May 23, 2025, Gilbert Employment Law, P.C. filed a class appeal with the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) ...
Ex-Probationary DHS Workers Win Class Certification in Rare MSPB Action
The class certification brings fired probationary employees one step closer to potential reinstatement and sets ...
Ex-Office of Personnel Management Employees Challenge DOGE in Class Action Appeal
The class action seeks to undo mass RIFs at the agency that houses the federal workforce’s core human resources ...
Executive Order Directs VA to Resume Use of Special Adverse Action Statutes
On May 9, 2025, a new executive order was issued concerning the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). While most of ...
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