Category Archives: Discipline/Adverse Action
WATERBOARDING SELECTING OFFICIALS Ever wonder how to get selecting officials to tell you the real reason why you were not selected for a promotion? Tens of thousands do each year. Here is how.
Posted in Discipline/Adverse Action, Employee Rights, Promotion/Hiring
Tagged Patrick v. Ridge
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16 WAYS PROBATIONERS CAN APPEAL TERMINATIONS The single biggest lie told newly hired federal employees may be the words “Probationary employees have no rights.” The second biggest might be that there is nothing the union can do for them during … Continue reading
AN OPEN LETTER TO PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES Below is a letter you should copy and send to all probationary employees to undermine those who tell them that they have no rights.
APPRAISALS BASED ON MERE SAMPLES OF WORK One of the more notorious games of an unfair supervisor is manipulating the work selected to review for a performance appraisal. Those supervisors can set an employee up for great success or heartbreaking … Continue reading
Posted in Discipline/Adverse Action, Membership Building, Performance
Tagged MSPB, MSPR, OPM, Performance Appraisal, Random Sample of Work, union
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REMOVAL MITIGATED FOR DE MINIMIS INCIDENTS STEWARD ALERT! A recent MSPB decision gives unions a valuable precedent to use when defending employee against discipline or removal. In this case (Raco v. SSA, (9/29/11)), the agency removed the employee for 22 alleged … Continue reading
RESIGNING WITH A CLEAN RECORD REDEFINED MSPB has just changed how it will interpret termination settlement agreements that call for the removal, cancellation or even change of the official record. In this case, management settled a removal appeal by agreeing … Continue reading
Posted in Discipline/Adverse Action, MSPB, Resignations
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