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Separating a Probationary Employee With Hours to Spare
The Department of Homeland Security cut it perilously close when it decided to terminate a probationary employee a few hours before his probation expired.
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Lying About Previous Termination Leads to Another
This case involving an HR specialist shows that if you lie about a past firing on your application for government employment, it’s probably a good idea not to complain to the agency that your past experience should mean a higher salary.
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Frosted Windshield Leads to Twice Fired
Here is another removal case stemming from hiding a former firing on a government application form.
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Bad Press Aggravates Agencies and Penalty Decisions
The author says that because of the MSPB’s “Douglas Factors,” federal employees that damage an agency’s reputation can face demotion or removal and says this could come into play in the recent IRS scandal.
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How Vulnerable Are IRS Employees to Personal Lawsuits?
Actions admitted by the IRS-that some of its employees have disproportionately scrutinized applications of conservative groups for tax exempt standing-could lead to constitutional tort suits against the individual federal employees involved. Is such a suit possible and could it lead to individual liability?
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Supreme Court Sides with Ex-Spouse in FEGLI Benefits Case
Apparently finding a legal issue they could almost completely agree on, the Supreme Court has ruled in the case of a current and former spouse warring over the proceeds of a deceased fed’s FEGLIA (Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Act of 1954). The case has important implications for federal employees naming beneficiaries.
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A Settlement Agreement Bars an Appeal Challenging Removal
A former Air Force employee signed a settlement agreement that gave him a clean record and a cool $25,000 in cash to wipe out his removal appeal. He took the agreement and the cash then took his case to court arguing the agreement had been coerced and he should not have been fired. His arguments did not generate any sympathy with the court.
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This Assignment to Non-Supervisory Job Not an Adverse Action
Reassignment from a supervisory to a non-supervisory position-with no reduction in grade or pay-does not add up to an adverse action subject to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board.
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