Albany Business Review 40 Under 40 Alumni
Mathew B. Tully is the Founding Partner of Tully Rinckey PLLC and has practiced federal employment law for nearly 20 years. He valiantly served in the U.S. Army and deployed three…
Do I Have to Return to the Office? What Federal Employees Need to Know About Teleworking Flexibilities
When the pandemic struck, the federal government and many agencies allowed their employees to work from home or telework, serving as a model employer for many businesses and…
The Federal Injunction Impact on Agency Hiring Policies
It has been over a month since Judge Jeffrey Brown of the U.S. Court for the Southern District of Texas issued an injunction on President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate…
At Long Last a Record-Breaking Lack of Quorum at the MSPB has Finally Been Restored
On March 1, 2022, the Senate approved two of President Biden’s three nominees for the Merit Systems Protection Board, restoring a governing quorum to the Board for the first…
Troy releases report that disputes internal affairs finding in fatal shooting
TROY – The fatal 2016 shooting of a DWI suspect by a city police sergeant was legally justified, the city’s outside legal expert said in a report that rejected findings by the…
A Federal Injunction: Pausing the Vaccine Mandate for Federal Employees
Judge Jeffrey Brown of the U.S. Court for the Southern District of Texas issued an injunction against President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate on January 21, 2022. The…
A Federal Injunction: Pausing the Vaccine Mandate for Federal Employees
Judge Jeffrey Brown of the U.S. Court for the Southern District of Texas issued an injunction against President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate last Friday. The injunction puts…
Proposed OPM Rule on Federal Workforce Policies is Available for Public Comments
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has published proposed rules that would seek to repeal multiple Trump-era workforce policies (EO 13839) which revised the procedural and…
What Federal Employees Should Know About the Delayed Enforcement of the Vaccine Mandate
On November 29th, the Biden administration announced that agencies should hold off on enforcing suspensions or removals until 2022 for federal employees that missed the previous…
What Can Non-Fully Vaccinated Federal Employees Expect Starting November 9?
The United States Office of Personal Management (OPM) established the guidance that Tuesday, November 9, is the first day federal employees are subject to disciplinary actions for…