Since a draft of the new policy began circulating last fall, federal regulators expanded those excluded from agency reduction ...

The Trump administration's proposal to prioritize performance in RIFs comes after OPM teed up plans to limit high performance ratings for federal employees.

A new proposal addresses “inflated” evaluations for federal employees and the failure to “materially differentiate” between performance levels, OPM said.

The plan to institute a forced or “standardized” distribution of performance ratings upon the federal workforce has survived ...

The Trump administration is proposing the biggest change to its employee retention rules in decades, attempting to substitute job performance for seniority in deciding who’s fired when an agency ...

Genesis HealthCare is asking a federal court for permission to pay nearly $10 million in executive and employee performance bonuses as it navigates the remaining weeks of bankruptcy proceedings.

August 18, 2025 - Employers often encounter significant challenges when addressing the performance of employees particularly when the performance counseling (e.g., a performance discussion and/or ...

The short answer is probably not. Performance improvement plans or PIPs are an effective tool to document an employee’s work issues, establishing constructive goals over a set time frame. Ideally, the ...

Bruce defends employers in complex employment litigation in federal and state courts in Texas and across the country. He has represented employers in class actions, Fair Labor Standards Act collective ...

In the past, my company had problems with employee morale, retention and even performance. But when I began to introduce innovative training programs, not only were my employees more skilled and happy ...