A Practical Guide
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Price: $225.00
Edition: 1st/2017
Sku: 17RIF
ISBN: 978-1-941825-44-0; 1-941825-44-3
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RIFs are complex: competitive levels and competitive areas, retention registers, bump and retreat rights, severance pay and DSRs, veterans preference, demotion and termination appeals. Absent a solid command of this highly technical area, this is a minefield of mistakes, of reversals on appeal. Whether an employee, HR official, agency counsel, or employee representative, in a concise, clear format, this text assists you in mastering the regulations, statutes, case law, for surviving the minefield.
Major topics include:
- RIF Law — controlling authority, coverage, actions included and excluded
- Challenges — burdens, bona fides
- Competitive Area — agency responsibilities and case law
- Competitive Level — requirements and restrictions, supervisory positions, undue interruption, details and time limited promotions, pay bands, challenges
- Retention — tenure groups and subgroups, length of service, performance ratings, records maintenance, registers
- Abolishing Positions
- Rounds of Competition — bumping, qualifications, retreat rights, vacancies, temporary positions, exceptions
- DOD RIF Rules — retention factors and registers, release from competitive level, assignment rights
- Transfer of Function
- SES
- RIF Notices
- Appeals and Grievances
This book is available as a softcover book and/or a PDF file with many useful features delivered on a CD-ROM, USB Flash Drive, or download. Hyperlinks allow the reader to move quickly between the Table of Contents and the corresponding portions of the text. Internal hyperlinks serve as a cross-reference feature within the text.
