Topic discussed this week by Peter Broida:

• Comparators: Where are we going?
• Singh v. USPS, 2022 MSPB 15 (May 31, 2022)
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Topic discussed this week by Peter Broida:

• Lee v. VA, 2022 MSPB 11 (5/12/2022)
• Edwards v. Dept. of Labor, 2022 MSPB 9 (5/5/2022)
• Newly-confirmed Member at FLRA
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Topic discussed this week by Peter Broida:

• State of the Board
• Rossbach v. Dept. of Interior, DC-315I-14-0066-B-1 (3/30/22)
• Shibuya v. Dept. of Agriculture, DE-1221-09-0295-B-1 (3/31/22)
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Topic discussed this week by Peter Broida:

• Permissive Bargaining and President Biden’s Executive Order
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Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida:

• AFGE Local 3369 and SSA, 72 FLRA 619 (Jan. 14, 2022) (exceptions jurisdiction: matters collateral to removals)
• DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review and Nat'l. Ass'n. of Immigration Judges, IFPTE, 72 FLRA 622 (Jan 21, 2022) (management/unit status of Immigration Judges)
• Smolinski v. MSPB (Fed. Cir. 2021-1751 Jan. 19, 2022) (whistleblower hostile environment allegations; remedial exhaustion)
• Gessel v. MSPB (Fed. Cir. 2021-1815 Jan. 19, 2022 NP) (whistleblower hostile environment allegations; co-worker interaction)
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Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida:

• Executive Order 14025 (April 26, 2021) and OPM Guidance ("Worker Organizing and Empowerment")
Restrictions on bargaining: zipper clauses, the "covered by" doctrine, and waivers during negotiations
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Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida:

• Knapp v. MSPB (Fed. Cir. 2020-2122 Nov. 17, 2021 NP) (IRA jurisdiction on matters related to clearance suspension)
• Alvarez v. Azar (D.MD. CA CCB-20-2626 Sept. 23, 2021) (attempt to prevent HHS from lodging objections to authority of MSPB AJs to adjudicate appeals)
• Davis v. MSPB (ED Ill. No. 20-cv-2139 Nov. 9, 2020) (attempt to prevent MSPB AJs from granting HHS motions to DWOP appeals pending resolution of authority of MSPB AJs to adjudicate appeals)
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Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida:

• Potter v. VA (Fed. Cir. 2021-1460) (October 25, 2021) (IRA factual and contributing factor (Cat's Paw) analysis).
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Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida:

• DHUD and AFGE Local 3972, 72 FLRA 450 (August 27, 2021) (jurisdictional defect in arbitration: union's failure to provide management a contractually-required notice of intent to invoke arbitration);
• Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center and AFGE Local 2018, 72 FLRA 473 (September 15, 2021) (jurisdictional defect in arbitration: untimely grievance and arbitration request);
• DHS, C&BP and AFGE Local 3307, 72 FLRA 463 (September 8, 2021) (arbitration: counsel fee award set aside as contrary to law under several Allen factors).
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Topics discussed this week by Peter Broida:

• The "clear and convincing" evidentiary standard and judicial interpretation: Insurance Co. v. Nelson, 103 U.S. 544 (1880); Helvering v. Fitch, 309 U.S. 149 (1940); Allentown Mack Sales & Serv. v. NLRB, 522 U.S. 359 (1998); Addington v. Texas, 441 U.S. 418, 425 (1979); California ex rel. Cooper v. Mitchell Brothers Santa Ana Theater, 454 U.S. 90, 93 (1981); Herman & MacLean v. Huddleston, 459 U.S. 375, 389 (1983); Colorado v. New Mexico, 467 U.S. 310 (1984).
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