The federal appeals courts seem to be favoring the view in sexual harassment cases that tangible damage need not be shown in these appeals. There are more than 40 workshop selections, according to the organizers, including preventing disputes, presenting formal cases before the Merit Systems Protection Board, using new technologies, and so on. The Defense Department is moving full speed on the massive Acquisition Workforce Demonstration Project, Pentagon officials have confirmed. The project, which will affect tens of thousands of acquisition workers, will be fully implemented later this year or in early 1999, they said on the Washington, D.C. radio show Fedtalk. Under the plan, employees will be placed in a new personnel system that will emphasize job performance over the traditional entitlement approach.
New concepts call for pay banding and increased flexibility for job classification and assignment.
DoD is expected to release its final notice listing affected organizations and final rules in August or September. We goofed in an overtime item concerning legislation to change federal employee overtime rules that appeared in last week's FEDmanager. We misstated the overtime cap policy. There has been no change in overtime limits. Sorry for the confusion.