MSPB Focus — By Jessica Parks

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• Timing is everything: MSPB braces for involuntary retirement appeals

  Timing is a crucial factor when it comes to deciding when to retire. It is also important when it comes to how older workers perceive their retirements. In fact, research has shown that retiring so…

• Deliberate Idling: The torture of having nothing to do

  For many federal employees, few things are more unbearable than being left with nothing to do. Idleness can be torture. My years heading the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) showed me that mos…

• MSPB Focus — By Jessica Parks

  By Jessica Parks

• Whistleblower protection may be broader than you think

  The MSPB and the Federal Circuit have made it clear that the protection from retaliation provided under the Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA) is very broad. Activities that one may not associate w…

• Gross mismanagement or simple mistake: How to tell the difference.

  Recent years have seen a steady stream of reports highlighting federal agency blunders that have chipped away at the general public’s confidence in the capabilities of senior managers. Scandals, su…

• OPM-Directed Removals Are Not as “Ultimate” as the Agency Hoped

  A years-long legal battle waged by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to rob federal employees of their right to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) removal actions directed b…