Union-Filed Grievance Preempts Employee Appeal
A federal employee removed by his agency tried to file an appeal with the Merit Systems Protection Board only to find the Board had no jurisdiction in the case.
Read summaries of court cases and decisions that impact federal employees and retirees.
A federal employee removed by his agency tried to file an appeal with the Merit Systems Protection Board only to find the Board had no jurisdiction in the case.
A West Virginia mail carrier has been charged with attempted election fraud after allegedly tampering with ballot requests sent through the mail.
The SSA terminated a military veteran during his first year as an attorney and he claimed they violated the law in doing so. See how his appeal worked out.
A VA retiree challenged agency actions against him, arguing it had opened its investigation in retaliation for his whistleblowing in violation of the law.
A former VA doctor has been indicted on federal civil rights and abusive sexual contact offenses.
A VA doctor, when reassigned from his preferred compressed work schedule, challenged the agency’s action as a violation of a 16-year old settlement agreement.
A DoD Budget Analyst, fired for misrepresenting her work hours, took her case to the appeals court after the MSPB upheld her removal.
OSC announced a decision which found a former VA physician violated the Hatch Act when running for U.S. Senate.
A VA nurse who engaged in several whistleblowing activities accused the agency of illegal reprisals against her. The MSPB found in favor of the agency, but the appeals court sent it back to the Board.
A former customs officer and NTEU chapter president was removed and his firing was upheld by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.