On February 27, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a memorandum requiring agencies to compile and report information...
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OPM Updates SES Performance Standards
by Gilbert Employment Law | Mar 5, 2025 | Blog, Federal Legal Corner
On February 25, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a guidance memorandum implementing major changes in the performance...
Reduction in Force (RIF) Guidance Memorandum Analyzed
by Gilbert Employment Law | Mar 5, 2025 | Blog, Federal Legal Corner
On February 26, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a joint guidance...
Updates on Musk/OPM “What Did You Do Last Week” E-mail
by Gilbert Employment Law | Feb 25, 2025 | Blog, Federal Legal Corner
Several major recent developments occurred regarding the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)’s ‘what did you do last week” e-mail, sent...
Further OPM Guidance on SES Career Reserved Positions
by Gilbert Employment Law | Feb 25, 2025 | Blog, Federal Legal Corner
On February 24, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a new guidance memorandum on review of SES career reserved...
Musk Administrative Leave Threat for Return to the Office Analyzed
by Gilbert Employment Law | Feb 25, 2025 | Blog, Federal Legal Corner
On February 24, 2025, Elon Musk issued a threat via social media that employees who failed to return to the office would be placed on...
Legal Issues in Musk/OPM “What Did You Do Last Week” E-mail
by Gilbert Employment Law | Feb 24, 2025 | Blog, Federal Legal Corner
On Saturday, February 22, 2025, Elon Musk issued a social media post indicating an e-mail would be forthcoming to all federal executive...
Severance Pay for Federal Executive Branch Employees
by Gilbert Employment Law | Feb 20, 2025 | Blog, Federal Legal Corner
With the recent push for firing probationary employees and to initiate reductions in force (RIFs) in the executive branch, it would appear...
Supervisory Probationary Period
by Gilbert Employment Law | Feb 19, 2025 | Blog, Federal Legal Corner
In light of the mass terminations of executive branch probationary employees (including potentially termination of possible...
End Date of Probationary Periods
by Gilbert Employment Law | Feb 19, 2025 | Blog, Federal Legal Corner
In light of the mass terminations of executive branch probationary employees, a review of when a probationary period actually ends is...