Removing a Federal Employee, Avoiding MSPB Reversal

A clear process is in place for addressing federal employees’ poor performance and misconduct, right up to termination. Follow it correctly, and your actions will withstand scrutiny by the Merit Systems Protection Board.

Get guidance to navigate every step of the removal process from noted federal HR trainer Bob Grant. He’ll explain the regulations and supporting case law — including how the MSPB and Federal Circuit have modified established principles in recent years — as he walks you through:

Efficiency of the service standard

• Making the nexus connection
• Proving what is charged
• Harmful error and ex parte communication
• Pitfalls that often return a problem employee to work 

Plus, you’ll learn the right way to terminate employees who are negatively impacting agency performance and morale — and take actions that aren’t overturned on appeal — with Mr. Grant’s experienced guidance on: 

• Distinguishing between performance problems and misconduct
• Properly applying progressive discipline
• Effectively using Douglas factor language to support the charge
• Discerning between mitigating and aggravating factors, and where the MSPB places the greater weight
• And more!