With insight and practice tips, this comprehensive and practical guide sorts the laws and procedures related to whistleblower reprisal. The guide includes in depth discussion of the Whistleblower Protection Act, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 signed by President Obama on November 27, 2012, OSC and MSPB regulations (updated as of November 13, 2012, the effective date of the MSPB’s recent regulatory revisions), noteworthy cases, and the Presidential Policy Directive (PPD-19) issued October 10, 2012. Major topics include legislative history and sources of law; OSC operations; corrective and disciplinary actions; IRAs and otherwise appealable actions; grievances and whistleblower reprisal claims; stays; burdens of proof; qualifying disclosures; prima facie cases and contributing factor analysis; clear and convincing evidence; remedies, damages and relief; administrative and judicial review; and National Security Employees. (more details)

In two volumes, updated annually, this encyclopedic guide to Board cases, laws, procedure, and litigation practice is the seminal text on this complex area of the law. Major topics include the 2012 MSPB regulatory revisions, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012, jurisdiction, appeals, discovery, hearings, evidence, PFRs, adverse actions and discipline, nexus and mitigation, substantive offenses, performance cases, RIFs, PPPs, retirement, attorney fees, settlement, remedies, and judicial review. This authoritative text is a component of the American Civil Service Law Series. (more details)

Updated annually, this encyclopedic guide condenses MSPB and Federal Circuit decisions from 1999 through early 2012 into concise, useable summaries. Cases are arranged by subject matter areas of Board jurisprudence and further categorized alphabetically for ease of use. Major topics include adverse and performance actions, arbitration/collective bargaining issues, attorney fees, Board procedure, jurisdiction and judicial review, defenses, discrimination, evidence, harmful error, hearings, PPPs, retirement, reemployment, remedies, RIFs, settlements, substantive offenses, timeliness, USERRA and VEOA. (more details)

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Best of the Board is a compilation of the seminal MSPB and Federal Circuit cases from 1978 to the present. Subject matter expert, Peter Broida, details the essence of each case followed by a reproduction of that salient portion of the case text. Major topics include efficiency of the service standard, board decisional processes, evidence, charges and penalties, agency decisional errors, affirmative defenses, unusual jurisdictional issues, settlements, and attorney fees. (more details)

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Ideal for federal supervisors and managers, and anyone who advises them, this handbook is a how-to guide on misconduct, performance and discipline. Major topics include how to prove the elements of a disciplinary action, selecting a penalty, how to improve performance and how to support an performance-based action, the termination process, and nontraditional disciplinary techniques. (more details)

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Updated annually, this encyclopedic guide condenses MSPB and Federal Circuit decisions from 1999 through early 2013 into concise, useable summaries. Cases are arranged by subject matter areas of Board jurisprudence and further categorized alphabetically for ease of use. The addition of a free MSPB Reference Materials CD and a table of authorities rounds out this research tool. Major topics include adverse and performance actions, arbitration/collective bargaining issues, attorney fees, Board procedure, jurisdiction and judicial review, defenses, discrimination, evidence, harmful error, hearings, PPPs, retirement, reemployment, remedies, RIFs, settlements, substantive offenses, timeliness, USERRA and VEOA. (more details)