| The Senior Executive Service |
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| The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 created the Senior Executive Service (SES) as a third branch of the federal civil service. The SES is designed to be a group of policy-level executives selected for their leadership skills. The SES is completely separate from the other two branches of the service, the excepted service and the competitive service. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is responsible for overseeing the federal civil service, including the SES. More... |
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| The U.S. Office of Special Counsel |
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| The United States Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is an independent, investigative federal agency that was created by Congress in 1978. At the time of its creation, the OSC worked directly with the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), reporting its findings of federal employment law violations to the MSPB, which would adjudicate them. In 1989, however, Congress separated the OSC from the MSPB and expanded the regulatory powers of the OSC, which is now wholly independent from the MSPB. This articles summarizes the organization and the primary functions of the OSC. More... |
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| HIV/AIDS Employment Discrimination and |
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| Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor |
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| Constructive Discharge |
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| Although in most states, at-will employees--those who work without an employment contract or collective bargaining agreement--can be fired by an employer for the slightest reason or in fact no reason at all, there are certain circumstances under which the termination of an at-will employee may be found to be wrongful under the law. One example of wrongful termination is a retaliatory firing after an employee reports an employer for a violation of state or federal law. Another type of wrongful termination is called constructive discharge. Constructive discharge occurs when an employer makes an employee's work conditions so intolerable that any reasonable employee in that situation would have no choice to quit and the employee does in fact resign his position. More... |
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