Tag Archives: Mitigation
DEPRESSION AS A MITIGATION FACTOR A recent MSPB decision further validated that an employee’s depression is a legitimate mitigation factor in personal actions, even if it does not become known until after the action was taken.
MSPB’S 13TH DOUGLAS FACTOR MSPB and virtually every arbitrator use the 12 so-called Douglas factors to decide whether to mitigate an adverse action penalty. (See a complete list of the Douglas factors at the end of this posting.) It is … Continue reading
Posted in Arbitration, Discipline/Adverse Action, MSPB
Tagged Douglas, Medical, Mental, Mitigation
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