NLRB: USPS violated federal law by firing a worker after she won reinstatement to her job in arbitration

STATEMENT OF THE CASE This case was tried virtually using Zoom for Government technology on March 21, 22 and 23, 2022. The Charging Party, Lawren C. Griffin (Griffin) filed an initial charge on July 1, 2021 and a first amended charge on October 28, 2021. The General Counsel issued the complaint on December 23, 2021…

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Government Pays the Price for Making Fed Employees Depressed

When  employees are not happy, employers – often unwittingly – pay the price. Federal agency managers must not lose sight of this causality as they strive to operate with smaller and smaller budgets. For instance, unhappy employees – especially those who are “extremely negative” and “actively disengaged” – can severely impair productivity. In fact, the…

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