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Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida: OPM and MSPB proposed regulations; Summary removal authority: Supreme Court decision in the Slaughter case; Resources for investigators: www.jrsstandard.com Buy Dewey books at deweypub.com

Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida: Implementation of Executive Order on Schedule Policy/Career; Federal Circuit appeal involving MSPB jurisdiction to review removals of immigration judges; Buy Dewey books at deweypub.com

Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida: FLRA year in review; MSPB case processing statistics; Buy Dewey books at deweypub.com

Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida: Job tenure of administrative judges Buy Dewey books at deweypub.com

Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida: OPM and MSPB regulations implementing Schedule Policy/Career Ninth Circuit decision concerning executive order removing statutory protections for unions Materials to read---from the Federal Judicial Center website: https://www.fjc.gov/research/manuals-monographs-guides Buy Dewey books at deweypub.com

Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida: Probationary terminations: MSPB loss and OPM gain of appellate jurisdiction Buy Dewey books at deweypub.com

Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida: Lesko v. United States (Fed. Cir. Dec. 12, 2025) (FEPA overtime requirements) Buy Dewey books at deweypub.com

Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida: New DOW (nee DOD) procedures for actions against unacceptable performers Buy Dewey books at deweypub.com

Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida: 2019 Government Employee Fair Treatment Act and OMB draft legal opinion on payment obligations for employees during shutdown Buy Dewey books at deweypub.com

Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida: State of the FLRA Buy Dewey books at deweypub.com

Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida: State of the MSPB Buy Dewey books at deweypub.com

Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida: Developments in EEO case processing Buy Dewey books at deweypub.com

Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida: Recent executive and OPM directives Buy Dewey books at deweypub.com

Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida: President Roosevelt’s 1933 removal of FTC Commissioner William Humprey and constitutional arguments advanced then and now in the Supreme Court concerning President Trump’s removal of MSPB Chair Cathy Harris Buy Dewey books at deweypub.com

Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida Executive Order invoking statutory national security exclusion to undercut federal sector contract and statutory LR protections. Peter Broida's webinar on RIFs at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03-UU34CGLk Buy Dewey books at deweypub.com - Reductions In Force, by Renn Fowler

Topics: Ruminations on appealing to MSPB from probationary or trial period terminations; Buy Dewey books at deweypub.com - Reductions In Force, by Renn Fowler

Topics: Ruminations on administrative leave; Buy Dewey books at deweypub.com

Topics: FLRA Member’s comments on arbitration practice; Peter Broida’s comments on executive orders from President Trump affecting federal sector personnel law; Buy Dewey books at deweypub.com

Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida: Peter Broida speculates on future events affecting civil service practitioners Buy Dewey books at deweypub.com

Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida: MSPB regulatory changes of September 9, 2024 (89 FR 72957) Buy Dewey books at deweypub.com

Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida: Bureau of Prisons, FCI Ashland and AFGE Local 1286 , 74 FLRA 13 (Sept. 4, 2024) (Back Pay Act; exceptions); Parkinson v. DOJ , SF-0752-13-0032X-1 (Sept. 5, 2024) (enforcement proceedings); Kemp v. Dept. of Army , DA-1221-23-0434-W-1 (Sept. 20, 2024) (holiday work)

Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida: Nishimura v. Dept. of Navy SF-0752-20-0282-I-1 (Aug. 13, 2024) (constructive suspensions); Hagg v. Bureau of Prisons (Fed. Cir. 2023-1071 NP Aug. 16, 2023) (review of arbitration awards); Buy Dewey books at deweypub.com

Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida: FLRA training availability; Pershing VAMC and AFGE Local 2338 , 73 FLRA 904 (July 15, 2024) (failure to respond to FLRA show cause orders); Siefring v. DOJ , CH-0752-20-0509-I-1 (NP July 9, 2024) (burdens of proof for EEO and associated reprisal defenses); Cadena v. DHS , DE-0432-19-0321-I-1 (NP July 15, 2024) (post-Santos Chapter 43 requirements)

Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida: Rumination of Peter Broida on MSPB case processing

Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida: Nelson v. DHS , AT-1221-22-0186-W-1 (4/5/2024) (NP) (IRA treatment of EEO allegations made to OIG or internal agency investigative units) Gilewicz v. DHS , 2024 MSPB 7 (4/9/2024) (standards for assessing compensatory damages in whistleblower cases) Paulus v. Dept. of Labor , PH-0432-19-0432-I-2 (4/10/2024) (NP) (demonstrating pre-PIP unsatisfactory perfo...