Excessive Leave in the Federal Workplace: Disciplining Employees, Proving Charges Before the MSPB

According to the MSPB, your agency does not have to tolerate unauthorized or even authorized extended employee absences that impact the efficiency of the service. But you do have to handle these situations just the right way or your decision could be overturned.

Join Marilyn Mattingly, renowned HR and employee leave expert, as she explains how to properly charge discipline for the various situations involving leave abuse as well as the interplay with reasonable accommodation requirements. In 90 minutes you’ll learn:

• Criteria for using the excessive absence charge and cases in which it has been successful
• Various reasons for removing an employee for “medical inability to perform” and the      consequences of losing a case
• The basis for removing an employee for inability to maintain a regular work schedule or for irregular attendance
• Actions which can be taken for sporadic or excessive absenteeism due to medical reasons
• How to deal with reasonable accommodation issues in relation to the different charges and defend against allegations of disability discrimination
• When disciplinary action can be taken for AWOL

And because Ms. Mattingly links her practical guidance to specific cases, you have support for your actions and can explain why they are correct — leading to fewer reversals by the MSPB.