Applying Santos: It’s a Good Time to Take a Look at Your Appraisal System
By Barbara Haga, June 21, 2022 Santos v. NASA changed the landscape last year, placing an additional requirement on agencies to prove that the person who was being placed in an improvement period for unacceptable performance actually was unacceptable at that time....Disciplining Management: The Bigger They Are, the Easier They Fall
By Barbara Haga, May 16, 2022 In supervisory training classes, I have heard participants comment about a double standard for corrective action. In essence, they said that if a non-supervisory employee messed up and violated some conduct rule, he would be hammered, but...What Types of Leave Count in an Excessive Absence Case?
By Barbara Haga, April 11, 2022 Excessive absence seems so basic we shouldn’t need to address it anymore. However, questions do still arise about what works and what doesn’t. Occasionally, someone asks a question about something new, as happened recently when a FELTG...A Head-shaking Tale About Lack of Candor
By Barbara Haga, March 15, 2022 Last month, I wrote about the case of Freeland v. Department of Homeland Security, No. 2020-1344 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 7, 2020). Freeland was a supervisory human resources specialist who was hired by DHS after resigning from his Army job...Questionable Hiring Decision Leads to Bad Behavior in HR Office
By Barbara Haga, February 15, 2022 In August 2020, I wrote about a case involving an HR official who sent racists texts about other employees to subordinates, which the subordinates reported. Jenkins v. Department of Transportation, No. 2019-2075 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 6,...Upcoming Events
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