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Guide to Disability Benefits Under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)

Leave a Comment / disability, retirement / By max cyril

The Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) is the primary retirement plan for federal employees. Congress created this plan in 1986 to replace the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), which had existed since 1920. FERS covers all employees who joined the federal service on and after January 1, 1987. One of the most important components of FERS is …

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The longest shutdown in U.S. history will have lingering consequences for federal workers

Leave a Comment / Government Shutdown / By max cyril

Though President Donald Trump and Congress finally brokered a deal to end the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history, members of the federal workforce are still left dealing with the financial pain it caused. The partial shutdown stretched on for 35 days, depriving government employees of two paychecks. Although President Donald Trump said on …

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Federal Employees Are Suing the Trump Administration for Forcing Them to Work for Free

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By max cyril

Workers are suing the Trump administration, arguing that it’s illegal to compel federal employees to work with no pay. Filed by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the lawsuit comes amid calls for federal workers to go on strike or stage a sick-out as the government shutdown enters its fifth week. On December 31, the AFGE …

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“So Bad I Had to Quit”: Understanding Constructive Discharge

Leave a Comment / Harassment / By max cyril

When is a resignation not considered a voluntary act? When it is unlawfully coerced or the only escape from an intolerably hostile work environment? A finding of “constructive discharge” is essentially the same as wrongful termination. The person technically quit but for all practical purposes they were pushed out. Federal employees alleging constructive discharge have …

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Federal workers protest against government shutdown across the country

Leave a Comment / Government Shutdown / By max cyril

As the partial government shutdown stretches into its third week — making it the second longest shutdown in U.S. history — federal workers in Philadelphia took to the streets Tuesday to protest the White House and congressional inaction that has left them without work and pay for 18 days. About 150 workers from various government …

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News from the Courts: Executive Orders Partially Struck Down

Leave a Comment / overtime pay / By max cyril

News from the Courts: On August 25, 2018, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a 122-page memorandum opinion in American Federation of Government Employees et al. v. Trump, No. 1:18-cv-1261. The Court struck down significant portions of the three May 25, 2018 executive orders concerning federal …

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Five Groups of Americans Who’ll Get Shafted Under Trump’s Hiring Freeze

Leave a Comment / President Trump / By max cyril

Donald Trump, in what’s been hyped as an “unprecedented” move, has instituted a freeze on the hiring of federal employees. Hyperbole aside (it’s hardly unprecedented, since Ronald Reagan did the same thing on his first day in office), one thing is already clear: this will hurt a lot of people. Trump’s order exempts military personnel, …

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This week in the war on workers: Federal job levels are low but Trump wants to drive them lower

New House rules allow Congress to slash the pay of individual federal workers

Leave a Comment / Government Workers / By max cyril

The Republican House majority proposed and passed a rules package on the eve of the GOP seizing control of the House, Senate, and the White House, and it contains more than a few surprises. Republicans received widespread constituent outrage in response to a proposal to gut an independent congressional ethics office and bring it under …

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