OPM Proposes New Reg for Probationer MSPB Appeal Rights.
By Chris Attig | PermalinkMay 7th in MSPB - Adverse Action Appeals (Performance and Discipline), MSPB Appeals.
OPM has issued a proposed regulation that will, according to the MSPB, “…[provide] additional procedural and appeal rights to individuals who are serving a probationary period in the competitive service or a trial period in the excepted service if they have sufficient “current continuous service” to qualify as employees with those rights under 5 U.S.C. § 7511.”
The proposed regulation was added to conform to decisions of the Federal Circuit in Van Wersch v. Department of Health and Human Services, 197 [...]

