Court Upholds Removal for Absences Even When Excused for Health Reasons
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a federal employee can be removed for excessive absences even if the absences are excused because of poor health.
Author: Susan McGuire Smith
No Conviction But Removal Stands
A Customs Border Protection Officer can be fired from his job even though not convicted of a crime because the standard of proof is higher in a criminal case and does not preclude an agency from firing a federal employee.
Failing to Pay Government Charge Card Bill Leads to Removal
An employee of the Postal Service did not pay his government charge card bill and ended up being fired for misuse of funds. The MSPB and a federal court upheld the removal.
Judging the Judge
A federal judge is usually thought of as having a lifetime appointment. That is not always the case. This federal bankruptcy court judge went to court to get his job back after his term expired and he was not reappointed.
Using Polygraph Tests to Hire New Feds Upheld by Court
Applicants for federal law enforcement jobs may have to pass a lie detector test to be hired according to a new court ruling that upholds the use of polygraph testing.
Road Rage
This federal lawyer went to court to get her job back but the court dismissed her appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
Fired Fed Seeks One Billion in Damages
A federal employee who was fired during his probationary period asked a court to award him one billion dollars in damages. The court was not impressed with the gravity of the alleged offense and the appellant remains a former federal employee.
Probationary Termination and Office Politics
This federal employee went from getting good ratings to being terminated during his probationary period after he became involved in internal office politics. But, despite being a probationary employee, he will get his day in court after filing a complaint that he was fired for engaging in protected EEO activity.
Medical Staff Dissent in VA Leads to Court
The former Medical Director of the VA Nuclear Medicine Section in Columbia, Missouri, persuaded the federal appeals court that he was the subject of retaliation for protected whistleblowing.
VA Executive Takes on the Agency
After the Dept. of Veterans Affairs determined that no discipline was warranted against one of its executives, the irritated exec went to court to get the agency reports deleted or corrected. A district court granted summary judgment for the agency but an appeals court sent it back for further review.
