How do you handle complicated employee misconduct cases?
In a nonprecedential MSPB Initial Decision, an appellant successfully met the tougher comparator employee standard in Singh v. U.S. Postal Service resulting in mitigating a removal to a 21-day suspension. Cordova v. Dep’t of Justice, 2022 MSPB LEXIS 4843 (December 22, 2022). In Singh, the Board held that under Douglas Factor # 6, there must […]
Board Affirms Removal for Threats Despite Agency’s “Throwaway Charge”
In a nonprecedential MSPB decision, the Board affirmed the agency’s removal of a naval postal supervisor for making statements that resulted in disruption and anxiety in the workplace. The agency also lodged an absence without leave charge after the appellant was barred from the military installation. The Board found the seriousness of the appellant’s statements […]
