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.

 
Supreme Court Stay Imperils MSPB & NLRB Autonomy federal employment mindfulness at work mspb nlrb supreme court May 23, 2025

On May 22, the Supreme Court issued a late-night order allowing President Trump to remove the heads of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)—without cause...

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Supreme Court Case Could Reshape Federal Protections civil service protections federal employment mindfulness mspb supreme court Apr 16, 2025

There’s a Supreme Court showdown unfolding that every federal employee should be paying attention to. It centers on the case Trump v. Wilcox, and it may dramatically reshape how independent federal ag...

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Probationary Employees, Due Process, and the Power of MSPB dueprocess federalemployment mindfulness mspb probationaryemployees Mar 25, 2025

In a case that has sent ripples through the federal workforce, the Trump administration recently asked the Supreme Court to block a ruling requiring the rehiring of 16,000 federal workers—most of them...

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Mass Firings of Federal Employees: What You Need to Know employee rights federal employment federal workplace government jobs mspb Mar 20, 2025

Recent mass firings of federal employees have created a legal and bureaucratic mess. Over 24,000 probationary federal employees were terminated under questionable circumstances, and now, courts are st...

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MSPB Grants Temporary Reprieve to Fired Probationary Federal Employees federal employment federal job termination merit systems protection board mspb probationary employee rights Feb 26, 2025

If you’re a probationary federal employee who has been fired—or if you’re worried about losing your job—you need to pay attention. The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) just reinstated six recentl...

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