On February 4, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management issued further guidance on the deferred resignation program, previously analyzed...
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Recent Executive Order on Sex and Gender Identity Issues and Bostock
by Gilbert Employment Law | Feb 5, 2025 | Blog, Federal Legal Corner
Included in the package of executive orders issued on January 20, 2025, was an executive order entitled, “Defending Women from Gender...
Executive Order 11246 Revoked, but Discrimination Protections for Government Contractors Remain
by Gilbert Employment Law | Feb 4, 2025 | Blog, Federal Legal Corner
As part of the package of executive orders issued on January 20, 2025, the incoming Administration issued Ending Illegal Discrimination...
New Policy on End-of-Term Union Collective Bargaining Agreements
by Gilbert Employment Law | Feb 3, 2025 | Blog, Federal Legal Corner
On January 31, 2025, President Trump issued a new memorandum announcing a new policy concerning federal agencies entering into new union...
New SES Executive Order – What It Does and Does Not Do
by Gilbert Employment Law | Jan 31, 2025 | Blog, Federal Legal Corner
One of the package of executive orders issued on January 2025 was an executive order, “Restoring Accountability for Career Senior...
“Fork in the Road”: Not a Buyout, but What is it?
by Gilbert Employment Law | Jan 30, 2025 | Blog, Federal Legal Corner
On January 28, 2025, a mass e-mail with the subject line “Fork in the Road” went out to federal civil service employees directly from the...
“Schedule F” Resurrected
by Gilbert Employment Law | Jan 28, 2025 | Blog, Federal Legal Corner
Part of the package of executive orders issued on January 20, 2025 was an executive order entitled, “Restoring Accountability To...
Reductions-In-Force Procedures
by Gilbert Employment Law | Jan 27, 2025 | Federal Legal Corner
As the incoming Administration may be preparing to initiate a Reduction in Force (RIF)—the formal layoff process of separating surplus...
Federal Employees’ Return to the Office Requirement and Its Exceptions
by Gilbert Employment Law | Jan 24, 2025 | Blog, Federal Legal Corner
On Monday, January 20, 2025, the incoming Administration issued a memorandum directing federal agencies to terminate remote work...
New OPM Final Rule on Administrative Leave, Investigative Leave and Notice Leave
by Andrew Perlmutter | Dec 17, 2024 | Blog, Federal Legal Corner
Co-written with Chloe Barrett The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a final rule today in the Federal Register. The final...