Browsing: Process

Imagine that you are a federal manager considering possible discipline against a subordinate employee. Have you provided advance written notice of proposed discipline to the employee? Check. Have you provided the employee with the documents on which the disciplinary action is based? Check. But have you alerted the employee to all factors you are taking into account for purposes of determining the disciplinary penalty? And have you given the employee an opportunity to address all those factors? If the answer is no, then the MSPB might conclude that you violated the employee’s right to due process, and reverse the disciplinary…