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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This guide is one of the most important books that agencies will need. RIFs will be the new "furloughs," with 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 this handy, comprehensive guide is a must, an essential to be on your game, to survive. In a concise, clear format, this text is an easy-to-use, at-your-finger-tips guide for 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.
