OPM Guidance on Cancellation of Federal Labor-Management Forums
On March 27, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management issued a guidance memorandum on cancellation of ...
Foreign Service RIF, Appeal and Severance Pay Rights
With recent steps by the Administration to discharge Foreign Service employees, the issue of what reduction in ...
How to File an MSPB Appeal
As a public service, Gilbert Employment Law wishes to provide some basic instruction on how an aggrieved current ...
OPM Scrutiny on Union Grievance and Collective Bargaining Time and Expenses
On March 17, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a new memorandum requiring agencies to compile ...
Retirement After Receiving a RIF Notice
Many employees who are receiving reduction in force (RIF) notices face the question of whether they should ...
Executive Order Directs Personnel Reforms at State Department
On February 12, 2025, a new executive order was issued focusing on State Department personnel. This executive ...
OPM Modified Guidance Memorandum Disclaims Authority to Fire Other Agencies’ Probationers
On March 4, 2025, OPM issued a modified version of a guidance memorandum it originally issued on January 20, 2025, ...
‘English as Official Language’ Executive Order
On March 1, 2025, President Trump issued a new Executive Order titled “Designating English as the Official ...
OPM Seeks Redesignation of SES Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO) Positions
On March 6, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a new guidance memorandum concerning position ...
Fired Federal Workers Challenge Trump Administration’s Mass Layoffs
Class actions allege that the mass terminations of probationary employees violated workers’ rights under federal ...
Unemployment Benefits for Federal Employees in a RIF, Mass Firing of Probationers, Directed Reassignment Removal or Deferred Resignation
With a significant number of federal employees facing separation due to Reduction in Force (RIF), a mass firing of ...
Management Directed Reassignment Issues
According to recent press reports, agencies are preparing to issue management-directed reassignments to federal ...
OPM Scrutiny on Union Official Time Usage
On February 27, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a memorandum requiring agencies to compile ...
OPM Updates SES Performance Standards
On February 25, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a guidance memorandum implementing major ...
Reduction in Force (RIF) Guidance Memorandum Analyzed
On February 26, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ...
Updates on Musk/OPM “What Did You Do Last Week” E-mail
Several major recent developments occurred regarding the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)’s ‘what did you do ...
Further OPM Guidance on SES Career Reserved Positions
On February 24, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a new guidance memorandum on review of SES ...
Musk Administrative Leave Threat for Return to the Office Analyzed
On February 24, 2025, Elon Musk issued a threat via social media that employees who failed to return to the office ...
Legal Issues in Musk/OPM “What Did You Do Last Week” E-mail
On Saturday, February 22, 2025, Elon Musk issued a social media post indicating an e-mail would be forthcoming to ...
Severance Pay for Federal Executive Branch Employees
With the recent push for firing probationary employees and to initiate reductions in force (RIFs) in the executive ...
Supervisory Probationary Period
In light of the mass terminations of executive branch probationary employees (including potentially termination of ...
End Date of Probationary Periods
In light of the mass terminations of executive branch probationary employees, a review of when a probationary ...
Further OPM Guidance on Return to the Office Exemptions
On February 12, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management issued a third guidance memorandum on ...
New Reduction in Force (RIF) Executive Order
On February 11, 2025, the Administration issued a new executive order initiating a government reorganization and ...
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