Several items of interest are discussed this week by Peter Broida:
- FLRA Guidance on Meetings (9/1/2015) (what you need to know about formal discussions and investigatory interviews);
- VAMC Pershing and AFGE Local 2338, 68 FLRA No. 137 (8/27/2015) (arbitrator's flexibility in interpreting contract provisions involving the time for filing grievances);
- NTEU and DHS, C&BP, 68 FLRA No. 141 (8/31/2015) (overtime pay: comments by Member Pizzella in his concurring opinion concerning the efficiency of the federal LR program);
- Shapiro v. SSA, ___F.3d___ (Fed. Cir. 9/1/2015) (removals of administrative law judges based on productivity or case management concerns);
- Cobert v. Miller & MSPB, ___F.3d___ (Fed. Cir. 9/2/2015) (restoring the Ketterer burden shifting approach to appeals involving removals for failure to accept geographical reassignments)
