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This authoritative volume guides you in practicing before the Merit Systems Protection Board and helps you understand the intricacies of the Civil Service Reform Act. It describes the organization and structure of the Board and sets out the rules of practice before it, including the recovery of attorney's fees and the enforcement of Board decisions. It also examines how substantive laws are applied by the Board, including: establishing standards and procedures for disciplining employees for unsatisfactory performance or for misconduct; overseeing reductions in force; and adjudicating retirement claims. Merit Systems Protection Board: Rights and Remedies analyzes the restrictions on agency personnel authority, including: protection of whistleblowers; anti-discrimination provisions; the First Amendment; and prohibited personnel practices, as well as relevant statutes and regulations. It explores the Board's review of employment practices; the powers of the Office of Special Counsel; and judicial review, particularly the role of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. This compact and readable volume can help experts as well as those seeking an introduction to the field.
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Robert Vaughn is a professor of law (A. Allen King Scholar) at the American University Washington College of Law. He has published on a variety of topics regarding public information law, public employment law, consumer law, and whistleblower protection. During his career at the Washington College of Law, Robert Vaughn has been Scholar-in-Residence with the law fac-ulty of King s College of the University of London, a visiting academic with the faculty of law at Monash University in Mel-bourne, Australia, a visiting professor at the University of San Diego School of Law and a visiting professor at Ritsumeikan University School of Law in Kyoto, Japan. He has also served as a faculty member in summer programs in Santiago, Chile and Istanbul, Turkey. Among his consulting positions have been ones with the Treasury and Civil Service Committee of the House of Commons, the World Bank, and the Office of Legal Cooperation of the Organization of American States.
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This authoritative volume guides you in practicing before the Merit Systems Protection Board and through the intricacies of the Civil Service Reform Act. Subjects covered include: the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 and its modification by the Supreme Court in United States v. National Treasury Employees Union; the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989; proving discrimination, reprisal and sexual harassment; agency responsibilities toward the handicapped, alcoholics and drug abusers; security clearance cases; restrictions on agency investigations; reductions in force; retention standards; reviews of employment practices; powers of the Office of Special Counsel; and recovery of attorneys' fees, including reimbursement for the services of non-lawyers. This book is updated as needed, generally two times each year.
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