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Federal workers and state workers have different benefits, legal protections, and processes to follow if they face disciplinary actions. If you’re a public servant in New York who’s been fired for whistleblowing, for example, you have to consider different actions compared to a career employee at a federal agency. Our federal employee rights lawyers can help make sense of your legal options.
Navigating the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) can be challenging. Many workers have reached out to our law firm wondering how their annuities are calculated, what factors are important, and what could lead to a reduction or deduction in retirement benefits. Our federal employee rights attorneys would like to go over some of the basics when calculating FERS retirement benefits.
Tips can make all the difference if you work in food or hospitality. Countless servers, food runners, baristas, bartenders, hotel workers, and salon workers rely on tips to help pay for essentials. Unfortunately, management and business owners can abuse their power to illegally take tips or pocket a percentage of tips from food and hospitality workers.
The job market can be precarious right now, which has caused many salaried workers to go the extra mile to avoid getting laid off. This includes putting in more than 40 hours a week and working on weekends or during vacation. Yet here’s something that many salaried workers don’t realize: they may be eligible for overtime even though they have a salary.
An SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) is a document that becomes part of your official record of employment by the federal government. These documents are issued for your hiring or appointment, any promotions or pay adjustments, awards during employment, and your retirement or separation from federal service. If you’re a government worker who needs help with an employment matter, you can count on our federal employee rights attorneys for guidance.
You probably assume that you’re exempt from receiving overtime pay if you have a salary. It’s actually more complicated than that. Some salaried employees may be exempt, while others earn a salary but have been misclassified as exempt.