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Can the MSPB Stay Independent? A Private White House Meeting and a Broken Precedent Raise the Question
The Merit Systems Protection Board ā€” the independent body federal employees count on when they're fired ā€” may have made its most consequential ruling in decades after a private mee...
Supreme Court MSPB Ruling: What Feds Should Know
Federal employees who face discipline, demotion, removal, or other covered personnel actions usually cannot bypass the civil service system and go straight to federal district cour...
Supreme Court Case Threatens MSPB Protections
A Supreme Court case now developingā€”Harris v. Bessentā€”may directly affect how federal employees challenge discipline, removals, and other adverse actions. At its core, the dispute ...
DOE and NASA Move to End Federal Union Bargaining
Federal employees at the Department of Energy (DOE) and NASA just witnessed one of the most consequential labor developments in decades. DOE issued notices terminating collective b...
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