The Good News: Fed Circuit Offers Reminder to Charge Carefully
By Ann Boehm, July 18, 2023 An agency lost a removal case before the Federal Circuit this month. In Williams v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, an arbitrator sustained the employee’s removal, but the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the arbitrator’s decision because...First-time Caller, Long-time Loss of Confidence and Trust
By Dan Gephart, July 18, 2023 Sometimes, a Federal employee’s misconduct is so far beyond the pale that it’s impossible to ever again trust that employee. That was certainly the case for a certain IRS contact representative/Howard Stern devotee. Sorry, I meant to say...Reason #37,129 NOT to Issue a Letter of Warning: EEO Complaint Edition
By Deborah J. Hopkins, July 18, 2023 It may be one of the most written-about topics in this newsletter, but we keep writing because we keep seeing cases where employees challenge letters of warning, caution, counseling, and the like, and agencies get tied up in...How Preference Eligibility Can ‘Upset’ a Simple Termination Case
By Barbara Haga, July 18, 2023 While the purposes of a trial period and a probationary period are much the same, the rights for excepted service employees who are subject to an adverse action are different than those for competitive service employees. In fact, it...Upcoming Events
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