WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Merit Systems Protection Board has issued a rule called: Determining the Appropriate Penalty for Federal Employees Charged With Misconduct.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on Sept. 3 by Gina K. Grippando, Clerk of the Board.
Summary: The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or Board) is issuing a final rule amending its regulations governing the Board's review of the reasonableness of an agency's chosen penalty in misconduct-based adverse actions appealed to the Board. Under the final rule, the Board will no longer require consideration of the 12 factors set forth in Douglasv. Veterans Administration, 5 M.S.P.R. 280 (1981), in every case. Instead, the Board will evaluate whether the agency's penalty i...