Federal Employee Resource Center

For most federal employees, removal cases follow a familiar path. If an agency fires someone for performance, conduct, or as part of a reduction in force, the Merit Systems Protect...

Last week’s House Appropriations Committee votes were not isolated policy disagreements—they reflect a coordinated shift in how the federal workforce is compensated, protected, and...

A Supreme Court case now developing—Harris v. Bessent—may directly affect how federal employees challenge discipline, removals, and other adverse actions. At its core, the dispute ...

For federal employees affected by last year’s HHS layoffs, the recent discussion about hiring 12,000 people raises a serious legal question: if the agency said positions were elimi...

For federal employees, the reported firing of Navy Secretary John Phelan raises a question far bigger than one Pentagon personnel decision: what happens when public servants are pu...

Federal employees are often asked to reconcile two competing narratives: what agency leadership reports to Congress and what unfolds inside the workplace. The IRS’s recent “home ru...

USDA’s large-scale relocation of thousands of employees raises a practical question: if federal agencies successfully operated remotely during the pandemic, why require cross-count...

A reduction in force (RIF) under federal law is supposed to eliminate positions—not simply replace the people who held them. That distinction matters. When an agency conducts a RIF...

Recent data confirms what many federal employees have already been experiencing firsthand: a sharp decline in workplace well-being. Gallup reports that the percentage of federal em...

Recent changes at the FBI and Department of Justice reflect more than routine hiring adjustments. Reports of waived assessments, shortened training, and reduced experience requirem...

A recent case involving a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) member highlights a core principle federal employees often rely on but rarely see tested so directly: statutor...

Recent congressional testimony about the HHS workforce reductions raises a legally significant question: was this truly a reduction in force—or something else? Under 5 U.S.C. Chapt...