The Federal Employee Survival Blog
Cut through the jargon and get the clarity you need to stay a step ahead of agency politics. Each article unpacks new policy shifts, court rulings, and workplace trends, then turns them into actionable tactics—so you can head off discipline, invoke EEO or whistleblower protections with confidence, and keep your documentation airtight. We also archive our most popular social-media explainer threads here, giving you the same insights followed by more than 150,000 people online even if you never scroll on those sites. Read, prepare, and keep your federal career firmly in your control.
Federal employees often hear a familiar refrain: “An employment lawyer is an employment lawyer.” That assumption can be costly. Federal employment law is not a niche add-on to private-sector practice—...
The Department of Health and Human Services has officially rescinded every Reduction in Force (RIF) notice issued to employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). For...
Federal employees are entering 2026 under intense pressure. Discipline actions, EEO complaints, MSPB hearings, and public scrutiny are accelerating—not slowing down. In moments like these, outcomes de...
Federal employees often rely on social media for timely updates about workplace rules, discipline risks, and changes that affect job security. But platforms are unpredictable. Important information ca...
Federal employees are hearing a familiar rumor again: telework is ending. That framing is misleading—and dangerously incomplete. What actually changed is how the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) n...
Federal employees are not imagining the shift. As of January 1, 2026, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has directed Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) and Postal Service Health Benefits ...
Federal employees know the frustration of being told, “The system says…,” even when personal paperwork clearly shows something different. That moment—when a computer record outweighs reality—isn’t jus...
For many federal employees, being labeled “probationary” has long felt like being disposable. February 2025 seemed to confirm that fear when HUD and OPM terminated hundreds of probationary and trial-p...
When Congress passes a continuing resolution (CR) that prohibits agencies from initiating, carrying out, implementing, or even noticing a reduction in force, most federal employees understandably assu...
Open Season brings predictable adjustments each year, but 2026 carries a less familiar risk: eight FEHB plan options are disappearing, including NALC High and NALC CDHP—two plans with tens of thousand...
When medical conditions make it impossible to meet the core duties of your federal job—even with reasonable accommodation—disability retirement may offer a stable path forward. This benefit provides a...
The federal shutdown continues into its fourth week, but this past week brought a mix of progress, pressure, and one major legal win for federal employees. Here’s what matters most as we head toward N...
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