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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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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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Proposed CFC Rules Threaten Donor Choice
The author writes that the federal government should not be in the business of picking winners and losers among charitable organizations its employees can support with their donations.
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Two Former DLA Employees Plead Guilty to Receiving Bribes
Two former employees at a Marine Corps base in Georgia have pleaded guilty to receiving bribes resulting in the loss of millions of dollars to the United States government.
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MSPB Trashes “Douglas” in Poorly Reasoned Decision
The Merit Systems Protection Board appears to have thrown a seminal decision, Curtis Douglas vs. Veterans Administration, into doubt in second guessing a deciding official who had considered the “Douglas Factors”. The Author explains how this decision undermines confidence in MSPB’s decisions.
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MSPB Disagrees with Agency Decision, Changes Case Law in Response
In a reversal of 30 years of precedent and, arguably the view of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, the MSPB has changed its case law on an Agency’s obligations in removing employees when the employee refuses a directed reassignment. The author points out that this Board appears on a mission to limit agency discretion despite history and precedent.
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