New SES Executive Order – What It Does and Does Not Do
One of the package of executive orders issued on January 2025 was an executive order, “Restoring Accountability for Career Senior Executives,” which focused on...
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“Fork in the Road”: Not a Buyout, but What is it?
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 Office of Personnel...
“Schedule F” Resurrected
Part of the package of executive orders issued on January 20, 2025 was an executive order entitled, “Restoring Accountability To Policy-Influencing Positions...
Reductions-In-Force Procedures
As the incoming Administration may be preparing to initiate a Reduction in Force (RIF)—the formal layoff process of separating surplus federal civil service...
Federal Employees’ Return to the Office Requirement and Its Exceptions
On Monday, January 20, 2025, the incoming Administration issued a memorandum directing federal agencies to terminate remote work arrangements and require...
New OPM Final Rule on Administrative Leave, Investigative Leave and Notice Leave
Co-written with Chloe Barrett The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a final rule today in the Federal Register. The final rule implements the...
GEL Partner, Kevin Owen, Quoted in Government Executive on RFK Jr.’s possible impact on the federal public health workforce
With the arrival of newly elected Health and Human Services secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. right around the corner, uncertainty and concern remains within the...
GEL Partner, Kevin Owen, Quoted in The Washington Post on What Federal Workers Should Expect with the New Administration’s Transition
While the incoming administration begins to transition into federal agencies, civil servants are scrambling to plan accordingly. This includes scrubbing posts...
GEL Attorney Moderates ABA Webinar with OSC Staff
Andrew J. Perlmutter, counsel at Gilbert Employment Law, P.C., will be moderating a webinar with staff from the Office of Special Counsel. The program, “Latest...