The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important decision limiting review of federal agency decisions on an employee’s eligibility to hold a sensitive position even when it does not involve access to classified information.
MSPB is delaying the processing and adjudication of the recent influx of furlough appeals until it can get a better general understanding of them.
The Merit Systems Protection Board said in a recent report that federal workers generally appear to be motivated in their work, but that there is room for improvement in terms of linking rewards to employee performance.
Under new rules that went into effect this week, the MSPB will be better positioned to address non-complying agencies.
An MSPB survey found that 13% of federal employee respondents observed a violent incident in 2010. According to the report, BLS reported a result of 5% relating violent incidents in industry, state and local government asking similar questions. If the survey sample is valid, nearly 300,000 Feds observed violent incidents at work as there are about 2.3 million Federal employees.
The author says that the federal government continues to fumble with veteran’s preference matters as evidenced by some recent cases.
The MSPB is getting slower at delivering justice.
The MSPB is proposing to change its regulations in “radical” ways.
What is the best way for an agency to take a disciplinary action? An experienced federal human resources expert offers an opinion and explains what factors go into winning an appeal.
The author says that the MSPB is making the process for taking disciplinary and adverse action more complicated and legalistic.
