Government Employee Relations Report Index-Summary

GAO

See GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO)
– Reports

See specific subject matter or agencies

GASB

See GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD (GASB)

GAY EMPLOYEES

– Bias

See SEXUAL ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATION

– Domestic partner issues

See DOMESTIC PARTNERS

– Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2517, S 1102

– Marriage

See SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

GENDER DISCRIMINATION

– Harassment

See SEXUAL HARASSMENT

– Sex bias

See SEX DISCRIMINATION

GENDER VARIANCE DISCRIMINATION

– Employment Nondiscrimination Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3017, S 1584

– Sex-based equal protection, gender nonconformity, bathroom usage, economic benefits of reinstatement (N.D. Ga.), 1004
– Tex., Houston, executive order bars bias, 429
– USAJOBS, bias ban posting includes gender identity bias, 36; OPM announces major redesign to make more efficient, user-friendly, 149

GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO)

– Appointments and personnel changes, Comptroller General and GAO head, Dodaro approved, Senate panel, 1422; confirmed, 1491
– Federal Executive Board Authorization Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 896

– GAO Employees Org., pact attained, 1330
– Rulemaking, proper notices by U.S. agencies, legality of notices questions, CRS report, 37; not all agencies sending copies of significant rules to GAO after notice, GAO report, 37; agencies better at submitting proposed rules, failure to submit may invalidate, 95

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA)

– Disability bias, lack of education is systemic problem, deficient in providing accommodations, more cases upcoming, 327
– Outstanding scholar Program, veteran hiring refusal for negative recommendation (Fed. Cir.), 186
– President's Management Advisory Bd., EO creates within GSA, focus on productivity, technology, and customer service, 486
– Reimbursement rate for privately owned vehicles used on business, final rule updates, changes reimbursement method, 1423

GENETIC INFORMATION

– GINA

See GENETIC INFORMATION NONDISCRIMINATION ACT (GINA)

GENETIC INFORMATION NONDISCRIMINATION ACT (GINA)

– Employment provisions, EEOC issue final rules soon, Congressional deadline missed, semiannual regulatory agenda, 515; final rule, significant changes include genetic test examples, clarification of exceptions, 1325; tips for employer compliance, 1383; final rule top priority, EEOC semiannual regulatory agenda, 1501
– Health benefit plan sponsors, compliance checklist, Analysis and Perspective, 1472

GEORGIA

– Case Notes, 795
– Clayton County, pleading standard for district attorney staffer firing, candidacy for Bd. of Comm'rs (11th Cir.), 955
– DeKalb County

– – Federal Water Pollution Control Act, inspectors fired after complaints, failure to report sanitary sewer overflows, argumentative behavior (DOL ARB), 793
– – Reverse bias, damages, managers charge CEO plan to replace whites with African Americans (N.D. Ga.), 427

– Foster care, attorneys' fees enhancements in civil rights class action not based on factor subsumed in lodestar calculation (U.S., aff'd), 504
– Gen. Assembly Legis. Counsel, editor firing for gender nonconformity, bathroom usage, economic benefits of reinstatement (N.D. Ga.), 1004

GINA

See GENETIC INFORMATION NONDISCRIMINATION ACT (GINA)

GOOD FAITH BARGAINING

See BARGAINING DUTY
– Bargaining decisions interfering with agency's ability to provide patient care and clinical competence

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 949

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO)

– Contracting out, GAO plan has initiated a process to increase capacity and capability of civilian agencies' acquisition staff, 516
– General Accountability Office Improvement Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2646

– Reports

See specific subject headings

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (AFGE)

– Airport screeners, recognition petition to represent TSA workers filed with FLRA, NTEU seeks election, 199; NTEU preparing petition to represent, 315; representation election petition filed, 324; bargaining rights possible major issue, Walsh, 347; TSA extension to respond, 364; FLRA asked to delay posting election to restrict eligible workers, 452; views on bargaining rights, issues for TSA director nominee, 613; FLRA will not comment on position, BNA Interview, 630; petitions rejected, AFGE plans full appeal (FLRA), 666; GOP members of Senate panel urge TSA nominee to ban bargaining, 697; NTEU petition for FLRA guidance on impact of representation election without bargaining rights, 877; House members urge new administrator to recognize, FLRA to review regional director opinion, 936; union heads optimistic after Pistole meeting, 1022; bargaining rights to be granted Nov. - Dec., AFGE web chat, 1051; TSA must hold representation election (FLRA), 1346; bargaining decision in next month, Pistole, Senate hearing, 1359
– Bargaining decisions interfering with agency's ability to provide patient care and clinical competence

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 949

– Council on Prison Locals, workers and staff in BOP program where prisoners disassembled electronics for recycling exposed to cadmium, DOJ report, 1271
– Federal workforce, unions and OPM dispute reports on worker pay, 1329
– Labor-management cooperation, more administration effort needed, letter to President, 1021; second meeting, 1180
– Local 12, improved labor-management cooperation at DOL, letter to President, 1054
– Local 171, BOP bargaining duty, personal property searches (FLRA), 23
– Local 215, SSA ULP, break time data (FLRA), 24
– Local 221, VA Boston Healthcare Sys., union proposals on tuberculosis testing, excessive impact on ability to carry out security policies (FLRA), 1038
– Local 1028, Navy Oceanographic Ofc., shipboard quarters available, reimbursement for hotel expenses (Fed. Cir.), 890
– Local 1263, Defense Language Inst., pact regarding pay raises at top of band, oral pact, chancellor authority (FLRA), 600
– Local 3291, African Am. SSA worker suspension for approving fraudulent payments, disparate treatment, race bias (Arb.), 796
– Natl. FPS Union affiliate, contractors more interested in saving money than saving buildings, president testifies, House hearing, 454

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (NAGE)

– Locals 207,282, and 291, Mass. state worker pact ratifies, 123

GOVERNMENT PLANS

– 403(b) plans

See 403(b) PLANS

– Unfunded benefits, government employers must report as net pension liability, GASB preliminary view, 742; changes to increase transparency, make data more useful welcome, funding changes exacerbate state finances, 863; employers concerned about proposal that employers who cost-share pension plans, duty to report on balance sheets, 1175; governments with plans in financial trouble have not made recent contributions, conference, 1304

GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD (GASB)

– Government plans, unfunded benefits, government employers must report as net pension liability, preliminary view, 742; standards being reviewed, transparency and accessibility of data welcomed but proposed changes could exacerbate fiscal crisis, 863; employers concerned about proposal that employers who cost-share pension plans, duty to report on balance sheets, 1175; governments with plans in financial trouble have not made recent contributions, conference, 1304
– Statement 45, amount needed for post-retirement benefits in Cal. pay-as-you-go system, report, 177

GPS (GRAPHIC POSITIONING SYSTEM) DEVICES

See ELECTRONIC MONITORING

GRANTS

– Fire Grants Reauthorization Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3267

GRAPHIC POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) DEVICES

See ELECTRONIC MONITORING

GRIEVANCES

– Arbitration

See ARBITRATION

– Case Notes, 795

GROOMING

See DRESS CODES AND GROOMING

GSA

See GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA)

GUNS

– Firearms

See FIREARMS