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Facing the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) process can be daunting. Still, with preparation, you can effectively advocate for yourself. Here is a guide to help you prepare for your MSPB hearing. 1. Understand the Acknowledgment Order You will receive an...
The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) is a vital agency that safeguards the rights of federal employees who blow the whistle on wrongdoing. If you're a federal employee who has faced retaliation for reporting illegal or unethical conduct, the MSPB is there to...
Protections are in place to help better ensure superiors judge the work of federal employees based on performance. Schedule F, created by President Trump, put these protections at risk. As discussed in previous posts, this executive order established a new...
As a federal employee, you likely know you have the right to contest any adverse action your agency may take against you. This means you can reply to proposed discipline. And it means you can even challenge a removal. However, saying that you have the right to...
Federal employees know that legal protections against unlawful discrimination apply equally in all federal workplaces across the country. But what may differ when a worker transfers from one federal workplace to another is the prevalence of attitudes critical of LGBTQ...
The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) recently released the results of its 2021 survey on prohibited practices. The report features a number of key talking points, but one stands out. Federal agencies have become increasingly partisan, and more employees have...
As a federal employee, you enjoy certain legal protections. These exist to ensure that others will judge you based on your performance. The law prevents agencies from taking action against you based on your race, age, gender, religion, disability or any other...
Today we look at a recent precedential Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) decision about federal-employee whistleblowers and retaliatory treatment. Now that the U.S. Senate has confirmed a third board member who began service on June 1, the Board is fully staffed...
In part 1 of this post, we told readers about the April 13 Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) opinion in Smith v. Department of the Army. The board found in favor of a whistleblower who had publicized that military morticians had sent her late husband’s cremated...
We recently discussed the end of the five-year hiatus of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) with U.S. Senate approval of two board members President Biden had nominated. Two members present of the normally three-person board are enough to constitute a quorum...