William Wiley
Professor Emeritus, Former President
William Wiley is the co-founder and former president of the Federal Employment Law Training Group. An attorney with over 35 years of experience, Mr. Wiley formerly served as Chief Counsel to the Chairman of the MSPB and Chief of Staff to the General Counsel of FLRA. He is now an attorney in private practice representing agencies before the MSPB, EEOC, and OSC. Mr. Wiley is the developer of the e-training modules, How to Fire a Federal Employee and How to Defend a Federal Employee. His latest book UnCivil Servant: Holding Government Employees Accountable for Performance and Conduct, Fourth Edition. Mr. Wiley presents at FELTG training programs MSPB Law Week, FLRA Law Week, Absence & Medical Issues Week, as well as other programs.
Areas of Training Expertise
Recent Articles
Why a Supervisor Should Never Give a Summary Performance Rating of Unacceptable
By William Wiley, January 14, 2020 Here's an issue that comes up frequently in FELTG training and consulting. Supervisors who have a non-performing employee are sometimes advised by well-meaning attorneys and HR specialists to give the employee an Unacceptable...
A New Way to Fire Bad Performers
By William Wiley, November 13, 2019 Actually, it’s not new; it’s the way Congress intended it be done starting in 1978. Check out the following situation. As a legal or HR advisor, consider what you would advise. Sally Supervisor tells you her problem: Ed Employee...
The Presidential Impeachment Inquiry and FELTG Training
By William Wiley, October 29, 2019 As the inquiry into impeachment continues on Capitol Hill, many talking heads and so-called experts are accusing those running the inquiry of being unfair. We here at FELTG love teaching moments. And the impeachment inquiry arguments...