Federal Government Policy and Business

Agencies strike out too much on employee appeals? Any ballplayer would love management’s batting average.

The Washington Post: The agency that hears appeals of disciplinary actions against federal employees is coming under increasing criticism that it is too eager to side with workers. But management wins far more often there than the employee.

The Merit Systems Protection Board has drawn fire from both Congress and the Obama administration for three recent decisions in which its hearing officers overturned proposed discipline against three Veterans Affairs Department senior executives. Those rulings went in favor of the employees—one of whom faced firing and the other two demotion—even though the VA’s senior executives have fewer rights than federal employees in general.

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