HOW TO APPEAL “LAST CHANCE AGREEMENT” DISMISSALS

The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals just reminded us that while it is possible to challenge, appeal or arbitrate a dispute over whether a last chance agreement permitted the agency to terminate an employee without any opportunity to appeal, the employee will have to show one of three things, i.e., that – 

  1. he complied with the LCA,
  2. the agency materially breached the LCA, or
  3. he did not enter into the LCA knowingly and voluntarily.

For details, check out Ross v. MSPB, No. 2021-2262 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 10, 2022) for an Internal Revenue Agent failed to show any of those.

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