A Welder, a Shipyard, and the Path to Generic Discipline
The disciplinary process in federal human resources is often long and complex. A recent case took a simpler approach.
Table of Penalties
OPM and GAO Fight Over Tables of Penalties
A GAO report says that federal agencies could make wider use of tables of penalties for workplace discipline, but OPM disagrees.
Clear the Table!
The author discusses the “table of penalties” often used by HR departments in agencies and explains why he believes it is no longer needed.
Table of Penalties is a Guide Court Tells Fired Fed
A federal employee can sometimes challenge a disciplinary or adverse action through arbitration instead of going to MSPB. That happened in this case and the employee was apparently disappointed when the arbitrator upheld his removal for inappropriate conduct. The employee then went to court to try and get the arbitration decision tossed out but the court found that a table of penalties is a guide and not binding on the agency and he remains fired.
